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BEHIND THE CURTAIN

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There is always something fascinating behind the imaginative process and creativity of artists. It looks like a veil or heavy stage curtains that might open up to a new scene, idea, moment or a thought… Any second… Now…

Behind the Curtain is a painting from 2020 series The beauty of mind.

Created using graphite and acrylic paints on 50 x 33 cm cardboard.

Limited edition signed and numbered art prints are available. Please, contact me for details. Also discover wearable art inspired by this painting in my RedBubble Shop.

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Unfinished

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There is a project on my table that I still have to finish.

There is a goal I have this year that I still have to achieve.

There is a note I want to write.

There is a painting I started that I have to finish.

Just do it.

This painting is the manifestation of all projects unfinished, goals not reached and tasks put aside halfway through. Every time I see it, I want to take a brush and paint that small white corner red. It bothers me. It nudges me. It is my motivation to work and create.

Created using acrylics on 60 x 50 cm canvas.

Limited edition signed and numbered art prints are available. Please, contact me for details.

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Broken

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There are doors you can’t go back to once you walk out. There are places you can’t go once you leave. There are moments you can’t live again once gone. There are things you can’t repair once broken. I wish I could.

Created using charcoal and chalk on 30 x 20 cm paper.

Limited edition signed and numbered art prints are available. Please, contact me for details. Also discover wearable art inspired by this painting in my RedBubble Shop.

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Shikata Ga Nai

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My thoughts and emotions in one place after a long draining conversation not being able to sleep, part of me still thinking about the delusive options I did not have. This painting was the remedy.

Shikata ga nai (仕方がない) is Japanese roughly translated to “it cannot be helped” or “nothing can be done about it”.

Created using oil on 40 x 50 cm canvas.

Limited edition signed and numbered art prints are available. Please, contact me for details.

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Whisper

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This is the whisper itself. Things we want to say quietly. Things that are important…. tender… private…

Created using ink on 20 x 30 cm paper.

Bought by a private collector.

Limited edition signed and numbered art prints are available. Please, contact me for details.

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I FOUND MY PATH

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Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards

– Søren Kierkegaard

Everything we consume shapes us, defines us, changes us. We are all on this never-ending chase of infinite happiness, navigating through infoxication and trying to make only the right decisions hoping that everything might make sense at the end of the road. And then there is the moment in life when everything fits together, looking like a path you have been searching for all this time. The path is new, never walked, still chaotic, but it’s yours.

So, start walking.

Created using acrylics and 3D pen on 59 x 39 cm board.

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HER

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Her is a charcoal portrait on pages of an old books, specifically combined to mirror her mind and thoughts.

Created using charcoal and mixed media on 70 x 50 cm canvas

Bought by a private collector.

Limited edition signed and numbered art prints are available. Please, contact me for details.

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