Andrei Voica

I'm Andrei Voica, a professional artist living in London, UK.

I fell in love with painting at a very young age - I was about 5 when my dad bought me my first watercolours. He noticed that I enjoyed drawing and painting and he encouraged me to carry on. I can say he was and has since been one of my biggest supporters.

I then discovered oil painting and I knew that this is what I wanted to do.

My painting skills have developed during my 8 years of academic art studies at the High School of Fine Arts "Igor Vieru" in Chisinau, Moldova.

The distinctive features of my art are the bold, vivid colours I use in my paintings and the alla prima technique, which is a direct painting approach where paint is applied wet on wet without letting earlier layers dry.

I have developed a personal painting ritual. All my artworks are completed within a single session, which means 9 to 12 hours of continuous work on a medium-sized painting. I don't eat or drink during this time, because fasting helps me keep my concentration and preserve my energy for the artwork. I put my heart and soul into each painting I create.

I have chosen impressionism as my style of painting because I think it is the best way to paint nature. It is expressive, ...

8 years of academic art studies at the High School of Fine Arts "Igor Vieru" in Chisinau, Moldova

Artmark Gallery, Romania, 2010

My paintings are in private collections in Russia, US, Romania, Moldova, Italy and France.