My work is inspired by the landscapes and treescapes of West Virginia,
the cosmopolitan context of modern culture, my new and old homeland tradition,
my education, and my rigorous mathematical training for abstract forms of
thought. Abstract art enables me to express truths and reality that may
not be easily expressed through linguistic and mathematical forms.
Twelve years ago, after living in large cities of the United States and
Europe, I moved to West Virginia. Having close contact with nature has been
a new, inspiring experience for me. I am particularly interested in painting
treescapes. Trees, with their cyclical changes, provide us hope. Their immobility
exposes the struggle to grow,
no matter whether the terrain is too steep or too exposed to the winds.
In my paintings, through colors, forms and themes, I try to convey my optimism,
hope and joy, coupled with the
struggle for survival in the harsh roughness that I absorb from the landscape
around me.
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