Based on your experience, can you give an explanation as to why people begin to collect art?

I have seen different types of collectors one of them start collecting because it's a good investment and usually they hire art advisors to acquire art for them. Another ones collect art to express their own personality, they love showing their art and telling stories when, where and why they have acquired it. And recently I've met people who collects art to support it, because they believe in the importance of art. For them to support art is like a contribution to the better future of society.

Is there a particular message or emotion you aim to convey through your art? How do you hope it resonates with your audience?

My mission is to inspire people to see just how extraordinary nature is in so doing prompt them to wonder, to care and to become actively involved in finding ways of taking care of the planet. I think a lot of people don't respond positively to being given facts and statistics, neither do I think being told by governments what they should and shouldn't do.

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 would you describe the program and vision of your gallery?

I am passionate about art and its raison d’être. The term ‘fine art’ implies the purely aesthetic, but what art actually does is reflect what it means to be human. In essence, human psychology has not changed, unfortunately, but what does continually change is the world around us. As a gallery, we are interested in showing artists who are profound and reflective, who make art that tells us something about the human condition by the way we relate.

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.

Which function does the artist fulfill in society?

Artists serve as storytellers and explorers of the human condition, have fulfilled the important role of challenging societal norms, sparking dialogue, and offering alternative perspectives. They contribute to cultural enrichment and can be a catalyst for change.  transmuting the ordinary into the extraordinary, questioning the boundaries of predetermined values and interconnectedness of ideas. They invite the viewers to shift their perspective, and raise all sorts of philosophical questions about the nature of self, and the existence of a soul.

Which function does the artist fulfill in society?

Whether artist or not, every human being has the duty in the society to move here on the earth like a guest. Because we are only guests on earth! For me the question always arises about the meaning of the life and I come back again and again to the core point: "To become every day a better person in love!" Then there would be no wars and with it the suffering of many people and animals and nature. We would have no problems with man-made global warming! No famines and many other problems. If we would all try to live more love and do it every day, "Wow!"

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’s the essential element in your art?

For me it’s the energy in any particular work. As painter my tools are color and form and I have to create energy to marry those two elements to make a painting successful. There is no right or wrong way to do this. The energy might be very dynamic and powerful or it can be quiet and seething. But in order for the dialogue between art and artist to be consummated, a dialogue that then extends itself to a larger conversation when viewed by a greater audience as a finished piece; that energy has to be present in the work in order to create that resonance that speaks to the viewer.

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. 

Please tell us more about your background and how you started creating art? 

My mum was a painter and science teacher, Dad a mathematician. My family gave me a love of learning  and a yearning to know myself. I loved art, tennis, literature, film, friends, and laughter. I went to  university to study film and came out a very determined painter with a life vision and a degree in Visual  Arts. 

What’s the essential element in your art?

That the viewer feels. If the viewer can relate to the emotion that the figure is emanating and their curiosity is aroused where they want to approach and look at the piece more closely, I feel I have a successful piece.

What art marketing activity do you put into practice regularly that works most successfully for you?

I hope Contemporary Art Collectors would be a helpful lead to art marketing.  There are a great number of individuals and companies offer art marketing services.  However, they are very expensive.  I sold some  paintings through Agora Gallery, NYC, NY.  I signed up for the usual social platforms: FaceBook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

 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.