My approach is existentialist and introspective. Central tenet of existentialist philosophy is that personal freedom, individual responsibility, and deliberate choice are essential to the pursuit of self-discovery and the determination of life’s meaning. There is no more direct road to self-discovery than spending time alone in the studio painting. This approach requires solitude – more social isolation the better – and definitely doesn’t allow for acceptance and internalization of the current Art World’s curatorial agendas so it’s not very helpful for an immediate career success, but, in my opinion, the process of self-discovery through art making is definitely worth it.
My work consists of thematic series’ realized through paintings, collages, film and video. I am a landscape artist. What fascinates me most is continuity of landscape art from the 12th century Zen “flung/broken ink” creations, to the 20th century earthworks, with all the Romanticisms, Barbizon and Hudson schools in-between. How culture meets nature; how it frames and influences our perception; how what we know, feel or believe affects what we see or don’t see. In my landscapes I try to convey both conceptual and sensual sense of place – visual sensations as well as social constructs, cultural symbolisms and iconography of the place represented. I, also, try to express time and space when and where nothing is happening just pure existence in a space. Car on the road without a hint of where it’s coming from or where it’s going to, a person just standing on the beach, an empty parking space…