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Burebista

Burebista

Slate 3, side 1. Oct 1st, 2012

I really need to update my blog...

... but so much time is spent on searching, reading, talking (online), when is there time to work? So I put the work first. Some day I will write more (or someone will write about me ;-)

Oh, those Russians!

I have a small collection of Russian Academic drawings. The Russians and the Chinese kept to the Academic training tradition, even during the cultural revolution years. One can notice the discipline of training and the amazing results.
I start with scans from a book which is aimed at preparing future students for the admission at the Academy in Kiev. The drawings date back to the early 60s.

The Last Artist (© Feb 2012)

Nostalgia (feb 1st, 2012)

not so much a nostalgia for Kennedy himself (there's one Obama, he could do something) but a nostalgia for a time when people had guts and stood up for themselves. A president is a man with the people.
Drawn on the birthday of my Father (1923-2001)

Achilles - a drawing I'm sorry I have to abandon

Someone said: a work of art is never finished, it's abandoned.
I worked 1 week on this one. The contemplation part is as beautiful as the drawing part. I stare at the page, then at the sketch, then at one detail, as they slowly emerge. And I wait, till I see another part becoming clear. And when version 1.0 is finished, 2 more days of staring, changing a line, a dot, using a magnifier to see where the paper fabric allows me to add or subtract a value. I never get enough of refining, changing until poor Achilles shouted: stop it, move on!

Achilles

 

Finished Dec 11, 2011

Snow White (La Camionista)

A Guy that Takes his Time

I don’t like rushing. At times I’m in a buzzing crowd and feel I’m standing in a time bubble: I observe the people rushing around me, texting, missing on things without knowing, just to catch up on other stuff they hope for.

That’s also true for some art. Though Rembrandt is not my most favourite, his drawings and paintings suck me into their time bubble: I slow down and observe, the more I look, the more I discover, the border between what is actually there and what my mind makes up blurs to a maximum.

I like drawing dark and in that dark a lot of life, quiet, secret, discreet, shy details that reveal a whole new world, if you take the time to discover it.

Summer Job

Finished October 26, 2011

Summer Job