ARTIST’S STATEMENT

As an artist, I act a messenger who releases what is submerged and overlooked onto the canvas. My work is personal; each piece represents an individual thought and experience I have drawn from my own sense of spirituality and culture. It is a subconscious journey between my body, my soul and surrounding energy.

A work of art arises out of human need to materialize someone’s feeling or thinking... I'm still playing, exploring, evolving and learning how to imprint a spiritual existence into material. My approach can be understood by the old adage: "Paint from nature, but do not paint nature as it is." This is essentially what I try to do.

The space in my paintings contains a sort of hidden "Byzantism”: simplified characters, the colours are pure as on the stained-glass window. Anything can happen there. Starkly painted figures merging into background space, creating stunning and surreal combinations.

To me, paintings clothe the processes of the human soul in a plastic form and function to enrich our lives. Unlike science, art requires one to explore new territory often without any controls in place. I enjoy the fact that art is not definitive and offers such a broad field to make bold statements.

FOR DREAMS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT - THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO STAY AWAKE