I am interested in portraits that reveal all the complexity and versatility of a person’s spiritual appearance, when the inner content is revealed through the external.
Painting a portrait on canvas is a difficult, exciting, but very interesting activity! My experience in painting is huge – more than 50 years, during this time I have painted hundreds, if not thousands of portraits.
While creating the portrait, I study the person’s face to the smallest detail and try to fully understand it.
By the end of the session, I have learned a lot about my hero, get an idea of ​​his character, what he likes and what he does not consider close; why did the wrinkles appear on his face, what hard reflections caused a deep line on the bridge of his nose …
A portrait for me is a book. An interesting book to read! And with each smear page, with each stroke of the brush, you open up new horizons in the knowledge of man!