I like searching and traveling in order to find beauty. I love the challenge of creating something as real as what I see. It is the language through which I am able to transmit messages better than by using other languages. Painting and drawing are as crucial to me as breathing. I see the world as beautiful, yet dangerously merciless and violent. Please write a personal statement that best represents you as an artist (in your own words.)

If I am unable to find high quality oil paint, I prepare my own, as oil paint is my preferred medium. I use the best quality materials to create the best paintings I can. The larger paintings tend to include more details and information. I use wet-on-wet methods as well as wet-on-dry techniques. On bigger paintings with multiple sittings, I use modern and Old Masters’ techniques, working with oil paint, acrylic, charcoal and other materials. I love when that happens because (for me) that is the moment of birth of a realistic painting. The painting may contain color marks that seem flat and abstract, but there are also marks that create the illusion of three-dimensional space. It is a kind of poem or time capsule of a moment in space. Many of my paintings are completed in a single session - premier coup (first hit) paintings, with the goal of capturing the essence of the motif without extraneous information, in a short period of time, concentrating on the visual experience. Could you tell us a bit about your artistic approach? (Style, medium and specific techniques.)

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