PORTRAIT of Allen IVERSON Painting

I am a 32-Year-old self-taught artist born and raised in Bucharest, with a background in the field of architecture. While architectural education and practice have allowed me to develop my drawing skills and to discover the wonders of conceptual thinking and creative problem-solving, my spirit has always been drawn to the freedom of expression which I associate with painting and visual arts. Whenever I paint, I start from an idea and allow myself to explore various ways in which that idea can develop into a visual and coherent form. Most of the time, embracing the unknowing aspect in relation to the possible outcome is what allows the ideas to grow, as I maintain an ongoing experimental approach from one artwork to the next. I like to challenge myself and, in doing so, I rely on keeping myself detached from styles of representation or fixed standards. However, in turning my inward journeys into visual expressions, I guide myself through Constantin Brancusi's quote that 'Art must give suddenly and all at once the shock of life and the sensation of breathing'. Although I currently paint with acrylics on canvas, I have also experimented with digital art, graphic design, stencils and spraycans, acrylic markers and pastels.