ArtWorks

Plants, birds, butterflys, coatis and eart trumbeling waters - IGUAZU, the most beautiful border between two contries.

I knew I had to visit cenotes when I was in Mexico. It was one of the first sugestions of my friends that I had.

Unnamed was inspired by the book of Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. To be presize it's inspired by the first chapter of the book - Taoing. The following text is a long explination of this painting that was intended for art competition with a theam IDENTITY.

The word "pow wow" is derived from the Narragansett word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader".

Inspired by a wonderful leader and a very wise woman. Cleopatra was a very educated woman that knew medicine and science, but become known for her affair. Here she is surrounded by a plant of papyrus which is a symbol of wisdom. Her dress is like waves of river Nile, over her head is the sun and in between them...

Bahia, a region of north-est of Brazil. The background is inspired by the colorful fasades of Salvador. Plants around are the one I've saw in a park. The woman is dressed in Afro Brazilian traditional dress and you can see woman dress like this all over Salvador.

And for the end a few photos that inspired me...

Painting has a girl dressed in traditional maridge closes. Sourounding her are the letters that you could see all around Himalaias, written on the stones on side of the road. Letters here should be read from left bottom corner, circulary to the right. Its Om mani padme hum - one of the most known mantras. The lotus flowers are all...

Inspiration can come from anywhere. This painting isn't a part of my far away trips, but a bit closer to the home. I stumbled on this branch in a park and it had the moss that looked like corals in the sea. This portrait is a painting of that simple little branch.

I loved this Japanese box in my house when I was little. It had a geisha on top of it that looked like a magical creature from a fairytale. When I started painting portraits, one of my first one was a geisha, so it comes to no surprise that I start this series exactly with a geisha.