BEFORE Painting

I was born in a small town Chernovtsy in the western part of Ukraine. The town is set on the border with Rumania, therefore because of historical events the environment is enriched with different cultures such as the Ukrainians, the Russians, the Rumanians and the Jews, thus varied points of view, conflicts and disputes burst. Being grown up in such surroundings, one masters peculiar aesthetic taste. Traffic jams, queues in banks or state institutions, where society suppresses humanity, I draw my inspiration.