Old man from Bucovina Painting

I am a realist painter working mainly in oil and charcoal drawings. I always had a passion for art - always had a drawing or a painting in progress. It wasn't clear to me then that art was what I should be doing for a living until later, after many years spent in academic research as an environmental economist. After studying three years of figure drawing and painting at the Florence Academy of Art I have finally decided to dedicate myself entirely to art. I was born in Transylvania, Romania, and currently live in Gothenburg, Sweden. I am working and teaching classical drawing and painting techniques in my own atelier. I am fortunate enough to have many of my paintings in private and public collections in countries all over the world.