This painting comes from its 4th exhibition.
If you are collector you know that the value of an art piece increases with every show to audience. The more people laid their eyes on it, the more it is worth.
Art is something that builds value with time, not like a blouse we buy and throw after few uses.
It can take weeks, months to finish a piece of mine.
Some find it expensive, but it is quite undervalued for the amount of time and skills put in it. It starts with idea, visualisation, inspiration, love. It gets shape in digital drafts and versions, playing with light and shapes. And after many iterations, all impressions grow in my mind into something that excites me and I can’t wait to paint it.
The process itself is long and demanding, sometimes it gets difficult to keep going, when the soul is bothered. Sometimes the process heals and brings light back in me. It can be calm and rewarding or challenging roller-coaster, depending on what life reflects on it. But care, attention, passion always lead the way.
I love precision, you don’t have to be careless to be an artist, remember the stunning life-like Mickelangelo sculptures.
My works are not simple, they are not made with ease, they are layered and complicated as I am. Every one is a learning process, learning life, learning myself.
Colors are carefully selected and guided to tell a story. It takes layers to find the right nuance and blending. Watercolor works with me into magical transitions, but its free spirit sometimes punishes my desire to control it. We always find the balance at the end.
Every piece is carefully crafted and gets special attention. It takes many hours of work, refining and inspiration. It takes the right time, the right mood to work on every part so it can become one whole and carries a message and soul. It can travel many times and be seen by many people until it finds the one who would truly appreciate everything that it is and deserves to own it. Until then many would see it and it might bring them beauty, love and excitement, but it won’t be meant for them to have it.
Art by K. 