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ABOUT MY ART:
Art or artistic activities is an important part of me. Regardless of whether I am painting, drawing, sculpting or photographing, I am submerged in my element. The creative process “is my elixir” and is now, as it has been since my youth, as much a part of my life as getting up each morning and going to bed each evening. It’s especially important to me that I am able to make my own path and develop my own individual style. In today’s world, there are so many distractions. Everything is fast, wants to be powerful, always desiring to stand above the rest - regardless of the consequences and losing sight of what is important.
I honor in life, as in art, the details - the small, seemingly unimportant things that one could quickly lose sight of but without which life would be uninteresting. It is important to me to connect to these details and to orient my life on these values. My work is also based on these values. It is all too easy, for example, to walk by statues in a park or some other location, without taking notice because they appear insignificant. Instead of walking by, take the time to stop for just a moment and reflect on the objects - sometimes they are standing in groups and are communicating with one another. They tell stories, laugh or just chatter. They go unnoticed because time no longer teaches us to observe. However, it’s worth it to give them one moment of our time. And then we can feel their breath. We can guess, possibly even hear what they want to tell us. In my work, I set out to unearth the essence of the object, attempting to uncover its curiosity, its defiance, its vanity or even its sorrow and recreate this in photographs and paintings. I approach old edifices or rock formations in much the same way. The old stones are full of secrets. They tell of centuries old tales and live never-ending dreams - they are ruins of time.
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