My journey in art began spontaneously — as a natural continuation of my childhood desire to create. From an early age, I have always loved making things with my hands. For me, it has always been more than just an activity: it is a way of thinking, listening, dreaming, pausing for a moment, and transforming inner images into reality using the means available to me.

 

I am a self-taught artist with no formal academic art education, but with a strong inner need to feel and express. Through experimentation and observation, I came to understand that creating art for the sake of art itself is the most honest and natural approach. There is a natural process within it: we notice something, an idea is born, the idea becomes an image, the image becomes a work of art, and the work evokes emotion. These emotional movements — or even their absence — are the essence of art.

 

In my work, I often focus on faces. But these are not portraits of appearance — they are portraits of states. Psychological, emotional, and inner states. They reflect what we hide, what we experience in silence, or what we cannot always express in words.

I believe that art does not have to be comfortable or easy to understand. Sometimes misunderstanding, rejection, or doubt is a natural reaction — one that shows that the artwork has truly created an inner resonance. At the same time, balance is always present in my paintings: light and shadow, acceptance and resistance, opposites that coexist simultaneously. Sometimes this is expressed through two works, and sometimes within a single composition.

 

I use vivid colour as a language of emotion, abstract form as a way of conveying inner states, and details as layers of meaning that reveal themselves only through closer observation.

 

Observation of people is also an important part of my artistic practice. In every person, I see a reflection — sometimes familiar, sometimes challenging, sometimes an unspoken feeling. It can be a story, a gaze, or a state that cannot be explained in words but can be recognised on a deeper level. I translate these experiences into painting.

 

Every viewer can find something of their own in my work. Despite the individuality of our experiences, we all go through similar emotional states — joy, loneliness, tension, tenderness, ecstasy, and doubt. This is what makes art alive and, in its own way, universally recognisable.