Tudor Gafton

Despite pursuing an international career in the upstream oil and gas industry ,I'm pasionate about art , visual arts in particular. I've started drawing and painting very early in my life , completing my first "real painting" in 1984 ( The Rehearsal posted on this site..) . Until last year, when I took early retirement, I had very little time to pursue visual arts. Over the last 12 months I managed to complete about 10 paintings and going strong...
I'm influenced by the second half XIX century - early XX century Romanian and Russian painters ; realism, impressionists and moderate surrealists .
I also like photography, preferring analog B&W. Have a collection of old cameras and lenses I'm using.
Member of Association of Visual Artists Bucharest.

MSc Petroleum Engineering , MSc Financial Economics, BSc Management with Law..
Visual art courses at Fundatia Victoria in Bucharest.

April-June 2020, Bucharest - AAPB (The Association of Visual Artists) Debut Exhibition.
April-June 2020, Bucharest - AAPB 2020 Spring Collective Exhibition.
July-August 2020, Radauti, Suceava - AAPB "Lights and Shadows" Exhibition
August 2020, Bucharest - AAPB 2020 Summer Collective Exhibition, third place
November 2020 - Personal Exhibition at Elite Prof Art Gallery, Bucharest
December 2020-Ianuary 2021 - Personal Exhibition at Busteni Cultural Center, Prahova, Romania
Ianuary - April 2021 - Group Exhibitions organized by AAPB
March - April 2021 - Group Exhibitions at Crown Plaza and Hilton hotels in Bucharest
January - April 2021 - Group Exhibitions at Cluj Art Gallery , Cluj, Romania