Autumn Golden Hour Impressions Painting

Light is the essence of my work. The light that gives feeling of layered matter and different particle structure of the materials and life around us. I began with more serious approach in the art research and painting and drawing in the High School of Art, where I got deeper knowledge of color. By time my perception and consciousness was growing and developing more. The quality of color relationships and light sensations that can be seen in old masters works was influencing my work too. However, I have always made connections between the old masters color usage and abstract, modern and contemporary artworks. The usage of color and light as a language or a tool to express emotions and thoughts is something that lies behind my work for many years. I think that is because of my astonishment of the artworks by the great visual artists and driven by my need to express, draw and paint. I started to work with subjects from my everyday life, like portraits and developing way and language to show that there is movement behind all matter in the Universe. Behind every color and shape in the Earth and in the Universe, there is far more complex and deeper energy and meaning, than just its visual, material shape. I am interested in the abstract shapes, stains and colors in the figurative. Figurative works for me always bear the play of color value and their combination, not just reproducing the shape as it is. Even if the artist is reproducing something, there will always be something of his personality in the work. In this sense I can say that the gestures of the brushstrokes are also very important for me. The way how something is drawn or painted, a line or stroke and the matter that stays on the surface, leaving the artists seal of his whole being and genesis. This can be seen in my works, especially in the light brushstrokes and accents as final gestures or last breath of concentrated energy used in the artwork. Although my subject matter changed in time, the basic idea lies behind it in all works. I think that behind every artistic career is one big idea of the artist subconscious which tends to be expressed during his life. In my case the light takes big part of it. I was impressed by the natural light in my early works, and by time I started to explore many different lights and light sources. As a result of that I came up to the night urban landscapes. I was interested in the lights that are throwing their energy on things around them.