What inspired you to focus on painting colorful portraits of famous individuals?

Is there a particular aspect of their personalities that draws you in? In the portraits painted by me are people with a very strong personality to whom I have a special sympathy.An individual's personality is for me like a mask that I feel, I study and I try to reproduce in my own style with the help of fluid organic forms and colors of the solar spectrum.To create such drawings it is necessary to reach a maturity of your artistic style, to master it very well and to use it with the precision of a surgeon.

How do you see your work evolving in the future? Are there any new techniques or mediums you're eager to explore?

The theme of my work will absolutely evolve as I move through new experiences, giving my subconscious more material to work with. I can’t wait to see what these will be! Creativity is essentially problem solving, and as I continue to explore my practice new techniques will develop as I resolve these. Currently I’m experimenting with creating my own blacks without using any black paint. So far, the results have been very exciting, taking my down new pathways of using paint.

What themes or concepts do you explore in your artwork, and why are they important to you?

My Art world is past-oriented, I like to fuse it with the reality of our current/modern society. I explore the multiple facets of the human species highlighting the individuals emotions of the characters as well as the representation of the human condition. The complexity of the human being is an indefinite subject and I basically invite people to question the norms and conventions of our society.

How do you balance the commercial aspects of being an artist with staying true to your creative vision? 

I don’t care what I should paint, what topic is trendy, or what is Pantone’s colour of the year. I take my imagination very seriously and only creating on my own terms makes sense to me. I also don’t abandon cartoon animation. I am lucky that I can function in two professional roles. Many other artists are trapped in just one. 

Can you tell us about your artistic journey, and what inspired you to be an artist?

I met three soulmates – Emma, Kevin and Angus – during my year at Tramway  Portfolio Classes in Glasgow. They were the catalyst and the inspiration, and they still  are to be honest. There’s so many stories from the beginning but they’re the best  foundation I have and their at the root of the artist I am today.  

How do you stay motivated and productive in your art practice?

I need to get my creative juices going in order to paint or draw. I remove my clothes, turn on some sensual music, and meditate for about an hour. Sexual arousal helps a lot. Just being honest. I also bathe my body in sunlight during this time. Sunlight speaks to me and greatly empowers the creative process. It sets up and fuels the fire in my mind. I also draw images, color, form, and texture from the fabric of music.

What mediums and techniques do you prefer to work with, and how do they contribute to your artistic expression?

Although today is a vast variety of means and expressive techniques, even very different from each other, I remain anchored to the good old painting on canvas and on drawing. 

I believe that drawing and painting are practices that are extremely inherent to our human nature, that they are essential activities like drinking, eating, and sleeping… …or at least that’s how it is for me. 

How do you stay motivated and productive in your art practice?

Endless curiosity and discipline. I like to experiment with various things and see what happens. Also, while I paint, I usually listen to an audiobook. Since painting is a right-brain operation, I can simultaneously fully engage my left-brain with a good thriller. It’s like going on a long road trip…When it takes hundreds of hours to create a single painting, discipline is essential. The paintings don’t paint themselves.

Which elements are essential to an artist’s work? 

I believe that all artist have to continually study to stay relevant with mediums, textures  and new techniques. And it is very important for an artist to also have a business and  marketing background and education to be able to understand those areas that are  critically important to succeeding in the field.  

What does your artwork aim to say?

I want people to ask themselves why, why do I feel the feelings that I am feeling in this moment, when they are experiencing my works.

How has your artistic career progressed and changed over time?

When I was putting my most recent art book together, I realized that although the work changed over time, the common theme is color. The imagery has evolved and the technique has become more refined. I have studied color for fifty years and I know that colors produce a vibration, therefore we tap into that vibration.

What do you want your artwork to stand for?

By channeling my artistic focus into geometric Goniochromatic Abstractionism, I bring forth vibrant artworks that revolve around the graceful allure of geometry. These creations serve as a canvas where vivid iridescent colors and enchanting patterns intertwine harmoniously, acting as conduits for the expression of emotions through the varying frequencies of the color spectrum.

Which function does the artist fulfill in society?

I believe that artists not only are obligated to bring beauty into the world, but also to make the world a better place, by their notion of what that may be.

What does your art aim to say to the viewers?

It’s all about fluidity. Everything flows. Fluidity belongs to the human being, is in our biological composition and in the composition of our society in which we all are immersed. It's about a strong communication system with its own language and infinite ways of expression. It’s about a reality that finds and elaborates its nature in the liquid state of things. We are immersed in it and we’re carried away by the flow of eternal becoming.

What does your art aim to say to the viewers?

My paintings are parables that begin conversations about how our beliefs affect gender roles, social structures, political power, and our relationship with nature. 

People interpret my art from their own perspective, from where it fits into their own reality. It’s subjective and relative to each individual. 

 In my "Photographic Narratives" series, I want to discuss the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western cultures. By combining photography with painting, sculpture, digital art, and other media, and using different techniques, I want to make the works full of vitality and imagination, and make them more intriguing and inspiring.

What does your art aim to say to the viewers?

Nature of our Earth is wonderful, that we have to preserve for the future generations, as well. Capturing one moment of this beauty by oil on canvas is my main task.

What’s the essential element in your art?

It is important for me to convey to people the thoughts, emotions and feelings that I had at the moment when the idea of a new painting arose. Impulse from seeing something wonderful, catharsis created by music, from everything around us. To convey the pleasure of beauty that is all around and is in everything, big and small. From the flight of the bumblebee to the infinity of Space.