Four Seasons Painting

I am an exploratory artist in various medium. I was executive producer of the film Vegas: Based on a True Story which was an official selection at several film festivals including the Venice Film Festival. I am also a poet who has published poetry in literary magazines. I mainly focus on painting abstracts using acrylics. The following is a quote about my paintings by a museum curator: "Colour, form, shape and technical expertise come together to create a stunning body of work." I abstain from using conventional tools and techniques. Instead I throw, splash, drizzle, drip, swirl ... paint on the canvas, yet each painting dictates its own technique. I escape point of view by focusing on process and experimentation instead of plotting a final product. The key to creating such pieces is to paint without being conscious of what is emerging. I let each painting impose itself on me instead of letting my thoughts impose on the painting. This can happen only by eliminating the self. Therefore, my paintings act as mirrors. The motifs are a reflection of the viewers who stand in front of it. The paintings invite viewers to actively create their own meanings and consequently construct the paintings allowing them to become their own. This involvement turns the viewer into the artist. The paintings therefore are dynamic and fluid as each time they are viewed, they change. Each work finds a new identity when viewed by a different person, giving the work infinite life. Art is the gap between life and death. And painting is as simple and as complex as taking a breath.