Painting is the main way, in which I express myself – my thoughts, my interests and my deepest feelings. It served this purpose throughout my childhood, and still does so today. Painting is a journey, an eternal search through ideas, ideals, and history.
I cannot separate between my diverse sources of inspiration. I am not searching a single point of view in my work, or a specific definition of my art. My search journey passes through previous knowledge, as I try to decompose it. I believe this process of decomposition builds to a stronger inner connection between my viewer to his own body, senses, sources, and humanity. The meeting between viewers and my work defines my art.
In a time when the media surrounds us, and the space between the reality people consume from the social networks to the concrete external world is reduced, the painting reminds us of our humanity, our earthly existence. The work exists in the world, similar to the way our own body does.
A painter learns by his observation of the world. The observation is based either on his knowledge or on his experience of the world. Every painting is unique and exposes another invisible truth.
The techniques, ideals and thoughts that were dictated by different artists during history are an integral part of our life and my work. The craft, the time and the physical act, which is invested in the creation of a painting, force the artist to concentrate on only one thing at a time; and in parallel to reject the overpopulation of the images from the internet and the TV screen.
I am trying to bring a sense of "familiarity" for my viewer and at the same time to emulate a stagnation of time. As a result of the stagnation, the viewer is compelled to deal with what he sees without any external interference, that is, without any commitment for the society.
Some of the issues I am interested in are childhood, history, time, virtual world, music, aesthetics, and communication. Many of my paintings focus on a figure or a group concentrating on a specific task. The task can be playing music, eating, building etc. The figures participate in a collaborative effort, doing what is being expected from them. There is no movement in the painting; the silence directs the observation to the inner world of the figure in the painting. Simultaneously, the viewer drifts into his own internal world.
Even though my paintings are dealing with history, tradition and legacy, I am aware that my observation is much influenced by the present. I thus propose a new interpretation of the past.
Certain artists who influence me are: Rembrandt, Sargent, Bouguereau, Rubens, Odd Nerdrum, Jermey Lipkin, Nir Hood, Michaël Borremans, and Lucian Freud.
Painting for me is a language, which has its own time and space; it is communication without words.
