What made you decide to be an artist? How did it all begin?
Ever since I can remember, I was constantly drawing. At first, these were portraits of people from my environment and children's drawings imbued with imagination. Much later I started to paint, but drawing still remains my primary painting discipline. Besides, drawing is the basis of painting craft.
What does it mean (for you) to be an artist?
It means to be dedicated to your work, to have an honest and uncompromising attitude….. as miracle can happen anytime, to live for it and with it.
What are the main themes in your art? What inspires you?
Everything that surrounds me in the modern world, especially the portrait and the human figure. These are the inner feelings that I want to show in my painting.
Tell us about your studio, working space, process, habits, special rituals.....
I paint almost every day, I like listening to the radio and be by myself while creating. I feel a great responsibility when I work, especially at the very beginning of the creative process. If there is a magic, it is created on canvas itself. I do not like extreme presentations and false prophets.
What is the hardest part of being an artist, and how do you overcome it?
If you are sincerely dedicated and committed to any work, you should not let obstacles discourage you. I chose the difficult and thorny path, but the joy of creation is stronger than any doubt. There are many more lucrative, and less stressful occupations than art but I feel destined to do this work.
Your favorite piece of art?
That is a difficult question that is impossible to answer to. I like many artists and a lot of their work. I'd opted for periods such as Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelite, and first of all the Renaissance. This is for me the golden era of painting that is now unlikely to be challenged, but tremendously inspiring for each artist.
There are painters today who courageously and persistently work and their talent possess capacity to impress the true admirers of classical painting.
I am convinced that such art will never going to lose its audience.
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