Artist’s Statement

My paintings are potions, cures, relief, and invitations to immerse your soul and mind into a realm where you can discover something simple but deep—shining or dark—but close to your inner self and feel alive.

Why do I paint anyway? It’s a complex question because, for me, it's as natural as walking, for example. Why do you walk when you could just sit? Since I’ve been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember, it’s likely my way of communication, a dialogue with the world.

This aspect of my work is about exploration, the search for meaning, and satisfying my impatient curiosity and desire to get to the heart of everything, which at one point in my life led me to work in science.

Also (and this is particularly important to me), I collect the memories of beauty —in the broadest sense of the word, anything that brings joy, inner harmony, state of flow. As a mature person who has learned to understand myself over time, I focus on certain points that may seem abstract at first glance: the ocean and water, the energy of water... fire, space, the universe, and the origins of life, the life of forests and plants, the human body and intimacy... the city and metal, and also time—how it passes through us and things, the traces of time.. These elements hold deep meaning for me reflecting the way things are built and connected.

I believe that any thoughtful person has a set of values and ideas that are interesting to reflect on — the things that make up their life.

My art is not just self-expression; it's a friendly conversation about the things I consider important and want to share—the joy of life. And it so happens that I perceive them through color. I create abstract works where color is both the language and the tool.

In addition to color, composition, and texture are also important to me.

I work a lot with resin. It's a relatively new material in art. I was curious to try it, and once I started, I couldn’t stop. Resin flows, and it’s not easy to control. It’s practically like water skiing or riding a spirited horse, but that’s the fun of it! Over time, I’ve tamed this material and realized that its possibilities in abstract art are practically endless.

My abstract paintings typically have several layers, which I pour gradually, allowing the previous layer to cure. This style of work requires patience, focus, and the ability to maintain that focus over several days until the painting sings the right melody, and it is an important sound to hear and know when to stop.

To be honest, resin always has its own plans. It can pleasantly amaze you or be quite volatile. Over time, I’ve learned not to get upset when things don’t go as expected and to embrace happy accidents.

I also enjoy working with textures—sand, stones, metal, and rust. I love rough textures, the kind you find in nature or those that appear when time passes through things, like old stones, walls with peeling paint, rust, or an antique mirror. Sometimes I mix textures with resin to express what I want to say.

Sometimes I use unusual materials to explore ways of expression. I believe it speaks to evolution, dynamism.. and my insatiable curiosity. It promises potential and exciting plans.

I hope to keep surprising you!

I believe my talent is in SEEING awesome beauty in the everyday life:
from a rusty nail, the structure of a pine cone or a shell, to the architecture of Venetian palazzo; from haute couture to the visual splendor of a good movie; from a homemade pie to photographs of space or cells under a microscope (fluorescent cells are gorgeous! - trust me).. human faces and bodies, and of course, - the wonders of nature like a forest in the fog or the blue Ocean surface, or starry sky.

My philosophy of *beauty* as a concept

Modern artists normally feel sarcastic about *beauty*. I know.  

What is beauty in my perception? Flower petal and rusted nails – equally.

Dostoevsky wrote: *Beauty will save the world*.. maybe not the whole crazy world, but a soul which is seeking to be saved, - the human nature which seeks more than the material body satisfactions. I see beauty as the spiritual connection of the soul with reality, feeling reality in a unique way, and recognizing good places to be - both physically and spiritually. 

Observing Time

My thing also is observing time passing its reflection on objects – that can be the Roman Empire or a wooden box for fruits. I enjoy seeing time traces on old walls, tools, books, and vessels.. I use these observations in my art practice.

Another observation that is close to me as a scientist in art is that small and large things are built and look similar – a small living cell and a huge galaxy. I like using such comparisons in my work.

My mission

When the world becomes turbulent, unbalanced, sometimes disturbing, dangerous, and unfair.. many artists want to show you that in their works. Yes, we want to see it, to be in a know, to struggle, or to cry..

But someone needs to bring you back to balance and give your soul power and resources to live and to go in the right direction – to the light.

I research the ways of seeing beauty, capturing it and sharing it with everyone willing to see it.

My art is – a potion, cure, relief, and invitation to immerse your soul and mind into a realm where you can discover something simple but deep.. shining or dark, - but close to your inner self, and feel alive.

My experience

Being an intuitive artist, I create mixed media and resin abstracts. Led by color, shapes, and lines, I pour and layer them, based and mixed with my senses, and finally, the painting starts living and playing its own life. 

I collected my impressions and observations of solar light breaks through fir trees, touching green moss, smelling the air with a scent of smoke in the vineyard during the fall cleanup, growing flowers in my garden, spotting the first orange sunray over the grey sky above the Ocean, observing amazing green fluorescent cells under my microscope (trust me here)!

When I work, I love that feeling of connection, of playing and shaping a beautiful space.