About me ...

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Painting its my profession, passion and need. I approach it very personally, it is a type of my diary, effect of strange emotions and passing moods. It also is an extension of my experiences and observation of lights colors, that I carry in me or that I would like to carry. It is an attempt at self recognition but also a bridge between the outside world of illusions where we have to function daily. It brings into my life great sense regardless of constantly present creative doubts.

Apparent optimism forms colorful curtain behind which I stand observing myself, world and people. Not always obvious symbols signs (also runic), talismans, that are contained within my artworks serve not only compositional needs but also to express my interest in symbolism. They transfer to me and the admirers positive energy and protection. They bring not obvious, but existing, higher mood and energy vibrations to those that they are directed to.

I paint gouache water color painting. Water color painting. I have been painting gouache for about 20 years, since arrival of my children. I gave up back then on oil painting and turned to safer techniques of water colors, temper and gouache. Although this technique is not easy it soon proved to be ideal for me. It took me years to understand it's potentials and I believe that the process of understanding is on-going and continuous. There is always room for improvement, there is always more and better and maybe that is the reason why creation as journey to constantly escaping goal, is so interesting.

Color and expressive forms are the dominant elements. I like saturated contrasting colors: strong reds, saturated blues and full yellows - basic pallet colors. They brings strength, power, courage, they release tensions, since they themselves form tensions. I try to bring harmony to it all.

I treat flowers like people, each has it’s unique character, mood, therefore they are vital superior and grow up or they are afraid, they hung down or bend down. Plants bodies are beautiful and forsaken, male and female. There is strong Mr. Flower and more delicate she. Cause what are we? Are we not flowers with their color and aura? This is why I paint ‘’duos’’ couples and groups.

Today, when I live in the countryside my creative search ironically is directed at long abandoned abstract compositions. Being surrounded by Nature causes me to depart from being inspired by its beauty and space. I am at entrance to new adventure, new creative path that leads me into a land of intuition, mystery and is still a big challenge to me. I do not copy Nature, history or myths. I do introspection. I analyze my choices, drams and happiness. I tell In abstract forms of a day when I was happy, sad, worried. I talk of autumn melancholy, of a happy walk with dogs on sunny winter morning. I sing of love, passion about moods and emotions. I allow my subconsciousness to create this ’’other-world ’’ micro-universe of the mind. Having similar goal in mind as in case of gouache I penetrate new areas of creative capabilities.

I take inspiration from the Nature, but it merely serves as an excuse for me to express important feelings. Starting point for my flower compositions and hands capes is my imagination. In the quiet of my atelier I either first draw the concept or spontaneously transfer subconscious vision directly onto canvas or paper. I change, bend or invent seemingly in-existent forms. My hand is my tool the brush is it's extension - the white background is the screen and my imagination - the creative force.

By limiting myself to a narrow subject I obtain freedom in form, ability ti experiment in expressing it and do not close myself into realistic representations of things. I try to create ideal type of form (from perspective of color, composition of brush movement) that would allow the viewer to enter into It’s world, to feel the therein encased emotions.

At the end let me quote a sentence found in my latest catalog: "For me painting is a form of mediation, communication with the Absolute-Universe, miraculous, unusual Journey to self realization, a gift which I confront to live to full extend..."