Amazons (200x200cm, oil on canvas, 2012)
"Afterlife" is part of a broader project called "Dreams and Vanities" - It is a work where I engage the theme of death in a bold and colorful way. In this depiction, the cemetery around the tomb is populated by god-like creatures of perfection: dancers who evoque the intrinsic beauty and freilty of human existence. The theme of impermanence is essential to my work as it develops into and branches out to create subject matter that nourishes my canvasses.
Towards the Light, 100x127.5 cm, oil on canvas, 2018
This painting is made using the traditional Flemish method of under painting and glazing. I chose this technique because it conveys the message of light and powerful energy that is contained in the image. As the dancers reach for the light, their bodies become defined by the light itself, they exist where the light exists. The ellipses on the ground are a perfect geometrical match to the bells generating the light. (Towards the Light, 100x127.5 cm, oil on canvas, 2018)
Fly with Guilt (200x200 cm, 2011, oil on canvas, private collection)
Focusing on the way we all relate to the subject of guilt, punishment and sexual desire, I have created an attempt to portray a situation of uncertainty. This image is a kind of Schroedinger's cat - we cannot say precisely what situation is described, yet we can fully comprehend that it is very dramatic.
Magic Dance (200x200cm, oil on canvas, 2018)
The Magic Dancers will dance for you. They are the guides to afterlife and a love life made of magic. The beauty is in their black dresses. I have always admired ballet dancers for their elegance and grace. I feel as though this picture is an illustration of the concept of love in a non-personal, rather distant way.
Afterlife, 200x200cm, oil on canvas, 2017
"Afterlife" is part of a broader project called "Dreams and Vanities" - It is a work where I engage the theme of death vs. dream in a playful, colorful and very serious way. Misterious blue dancers with red outfits populate this incredible surreal landscape. Death here is but a dream of something beyond. It is a stage, a steady fluid state in which color and reality merge. I wanted this composition to be as colorful as possible in spite of it's dark theme. I worked with oil paints and many layers, using artist-tape to cover-up and spray paint on different areas of the canvas. The canvas is 200x200cm: this is a size that I favour because it allows me to work freely with color and gesture, while keeping a good amount of control over the details that I wanted to introduce for each characters face. The tomb in the middle has a traditional Romanian cross - with many rounded corners - as symbols of our simple yet elegant decoration for the process of death. You could say that this composition is sort of a vanity.
All is good (digital work, 200x200cm, 2015)
Swimming graciously in the open sea, while a giant war-ship approaches piercing through the waves - the synchronized swimmers have no care at all. Just like our approach to much of life's challenges: let's all do the same and hope for the best.
Original Story - 170x160cm, oil on canvas, 2016
The conscious, the subconscious and the unconscious mind - all working together to achieve a higher level of consciousness. I dig deep below the surface and then dive again below that into a myriad of colors and amazing shapes and figures.
MicroPolitics_200x200 cm_oil on canvas _2015_
Sometimes, life is just a collection of moments. For this painting, I've collected some of the more iconic images of actors pointing guns in Hollywood movies that I could find. The aim is blank, but you can imagine your own reaction when faced with such multiplied violence all at once. Micropolitics is a statement about what it is we actually, subconsciously, retain from much of what interactions we have in the world.
Love_the_beach_170_150_cm_2010_
I was under a feeling of revolt: I had just witnessed an christian-orthodox wedding ceremony and the priest had said: "....and the woman shall obey to what her man says..." I came home and I painted this.
Roadkill (oil on canvas, 170x150cm, 2010)
What are those last moments before a sudden death? What will I see? What will I feel? Maybe it will be like a tv-station loosing signal - with all its colors going pink.
Memory Empty (oil on canvas, 170x150cm, 2010)
What do you see here? Do you see the bride jumping to grab her prized baby? Or maybe you have spotted the Hulk-ish woman preparing to jump in a second. Either way, I bet you haven't noticed the happy dog in the foreground. In a major way, this painting is an introspection. It is the result of years of thought about what I am doing here, as an individual, how I am relating to other people, what my purpose might be in the world and other such major questions that have accumulated themselves as a crowd in my mind. For Memory Empty, I am reinventing my way of painting and producing a collage that means something different and discloses its metaphors gradually. This work speaks of power, of daring to see beyond the visible and to go beyond the known. It is a strange marriage between the usual (a match of beach volley) and the unusual characters that are playing. It is my way of saying: there's more to the eye then the mind can see. I have used oil paint and extensive sketching to produce this work and I have chosen a large canvas to span and create the atmosphere that such a scenery needs in order to be properly received. The work itself is a depiction of modernity: lifestyles and attitudes in a strange and daring combination. Like a kaleidoscope of characters that form the civilization on the beach. I am attempting to create image associations that are visually surprising and recognizable.
Porcelaine Tenerife 160x170cm, oil on canvas, 2016
Around the corner there was a kitschy porcelain shop. In the window there, I photographed a few of the figurines: a dancer with lavish moves, a woman expressing freedom and some children figures infused with melancholy. I put them all together in a collage of pictures that I took on the island of Tenerife in 2015.
Cremaster (business as usual) (print on canvas, 200x200cm, 2012)
The relationship of power and domination between the strong and the weak has been an object of perpetual fascination within my range of subject matters. This work was originally exhibited at the "After Cremaster" exhibition in 2012 at the Caminul Artei Gallery of Bucharest. The theme of the exhibition was an ode to the great Matthew Barney and his epic work-cycle "Cremaster".
Las Meninas (Bam - Bam - Bam) - 200x200cm, digital work, 2012
Velasquez's Meninas never ceased to impress me. Since I was a student I have been fascinated with the perfect composition, the imaginative juxtaposition of characters and the incredibly vast symbolism of this work. There are many interpretations to the Meninas - i guess this is my version from that time.
Hot Shower (food & sister) (170x160cm - digital work - 2015)
I am interested in the process of creating new realities through gradual juxtaposition and subtraction. This composition contains images that I've found and re-contextualized into a new scenario.
Sweet Nectar - 170x160cm - digital work - 2015
Within the framework of a montage, I am interested in thought-provoking scenarios. Missing bits and pieces of a scene - like people's faces or relevant gestures - I speculate on what our mind does to replace or create an acceptable story-line. I fiddle around with images until a scene emerges and I am satisfied with the amount of uncertainty created.
War of Milk (oil on canvas, 200x250cm, 2012 - Private Collection)
I made "War of Milk" during my Erasmus scholarship in Leipzig, Germany in 2011. At the time, it was my most accomplished work - a piece where I had put all my effort and talent. It spoke about justice, exploitation and weirdness of the capitalist system in a way that attracted a lot of criticism.
circus equilibrium_230x190cm_oil on canvas_2012
Circus Equilibrium relates to a dream (a sensation) I had when I was a child: I felt as if I was carrying the whole world on my head. It was the feeling of being an Atlas - like a greed god who has both all the power and all the responsability all at once. This became a drawing and then a series of two paintings.
Circus Equilibrium _173x130cm_oil on canvas_2016
This amazing painting was made to order for a collector friend of mine in Switzerland. I chose the colors to represent the calmness and wisdom of serene choice. The equilibrium of life is a fragile balancing act that we accomplish everyday with more or less success.
Bankrobear_150x150cm_digital montage_2014
For a long time, I have been interested by cartoon characters and the way advertising uses them to convey simple messages. The focus behind this painting was to displace the context in which "nice" and "cute" characters act and create a more threatening and challenging situation.
On the Rocks (Snowboarder) (oil on canvas, 170x150cm, 2013)
I've created this work as part of my Master's project. The painting is a painted montage of myself snowboarding down a steep mountainside. The dreamy sunset landscape interested me as part of a surreal aspect of snowboarding.
Amazons (200x200cm, oil on canvas, 2012)
"Afterlife" is part of a broader project called "Dreams and Vanities" - It is a work where I engage the theme of death in a bold and colorful way. In this depiction, the cemetery around the tomb is populated by god-like creatures of perfection: dancers who evoque the intrinsic beauty and freilty of human existence. The theme of impermanence is essential to my work as it develops into and branches out to create subject matter that nourishes my canvasses.
Towards the Light, 100x127.5 cm, oil on canvas, 2018
This painting is made using the traditional Flemish method of under painting and glazing. I chose this technique because it conveys the message of light and powerful energy that is contained in the image. As the dancers reach for the light, their bodies become defined by the light itself, they exist where the light exists. The ellipses on the ground are a perfect geometrical match to the bells generating the light. (Towards the Light, 100x127.5 cm, oil on canvas, 2018)
Fly with Guilt (200x200 cm, 2011, oil on canvas, private collection)
Focusing on the way we all relate to the subject of guilt, punishment and sexual desire, I have created an attempt to portray a situation of uncertainty. This image is a kind of Schroedinger's cat - we cannot say precisely what situation is described, yet we can fully comprehend that it is very dramatic.
Magic Dance (200x200cm, oil on canvas, 2018)
The Magic Dancers will dance for you. They are the guides to afterlife and a love life made of magic. The beauty is in their black dresses. I have always admired ballet dancers for their elegance and grace. I feel as though this picture is an illustration of the concept of love in a non-personal, rather distant way.
Afterlife, 200x200cm, oil on canvas, 2017
"Afterlife" is part of a broader project called "Dreams and Vanities" - It is a work where I engage the theme of death vs. dream in a playful, colorful and very serious way. Misterious blue dancers with red outfits populate this incredible surreal landscape. Death here is but a dream of something beyond. It is a stage, a steady fluid state in which color and reality merge. I wanted this composition to be as colorful as possible in spite of it's dark theme. I worked with oil paints and many layers, using artist-tape to cover-up and spray paint on different areas of the canvas. The canvas is 200x200cm: this is a size that I favour because it allows me to work freely with color and gesture, while keeping a good amount of control over the details that I wanted to introduce for each characters face. The tomb in the middle has a traditional Romanian cross - with many rounded corners - as symbols of our simple yet elegant decoration for the process of death. You could say that this composition is sort of a vanity.
All is good (digital work, 200x200cm, 2015)
Swimming graciously in the open sea, while a giant war-ship approaches piercing through the waves - the synchronized swimmers have no care at all. Just like our approach to much of life's challenges: let's all do the same and hope for the best.
Original Story - 170x160cm, oil on canvas, 2016
The conscious, the subconscious and the unconscious mind - all working together to achieve a higher level of consciousness. I dig deep below the surface and then dive again below that into a myriad of colors and amazing shapes and figures.
MicroPolitics_200x200 cm_oil on canvas _2015_
Sometimes, life is just a collection of moments. For this painting, I've collected some of the more iconic images of actors pointing guns in Hollywood movies that I could find. The aim is blank, but you can imagine your own reaction when faced with such multiplied violence all at once. Micropolitics is a statement about what it is we actually, subconsciously, retain from much of what interactions we have in the world.
Love_the_beach_170_150_cm_2010_
I was under a feeling of revolt: I had just witnessed an christian-orthodox wedding ceremony and the priest had said: "....and the woman shall obey to what her man says..." I came home and I painted this.
Roadkill (oil on canvas, 170x150cm, 2010)
What are those last moments before a sudden death? What will I see? What will I feel? Maybe it will be like a tv-station loosing signal - with all its colors going pink.
Memory Empty (oil on canvas, 170x150cm, 2010)
What do you see here? Do you see the bride jumping to grab her prized baby? Or maybe you have spotted the Hulk-ish woman preparing to jump in a second. Either way, I bet you haven't noticed the happy dog in the foreground. In a major way, this painting is an introspection. It is the result of years of thought about what I am doing here, as an individual, how I am relating to other people, what my purpose might be in the world and other such major questions that have accumulated themselves as a crowd in my mind. For Memory Empty, I am reinventing my way of painting and producing a collage that means something different and discloses its metaphors gradually. This work speaks of power, of daring to see beyond the visible and to go beyond the known. It is a strange marriage between the usual (a match of beach volley) and the unusual characters that are playing. It is my way of saying: there's more to the eye then the mind can see. I have used oil paint and extensive sketching to produce this work and I have chosen a large canvas to span and create the atmosphere that such a scenery needs in order to be properly received. The work itself is a depiction of modernity: lifestyles and attitudes in a strange and daring combination. Like a kaleidoscope of characters that form the civilization on the beach. I am attempting to create image associations that are visually surprising and recognizable.
Porcelaine Tenerife 160x170cm, oil on canvas, 2016
Around the corner there was a kitschy porcelain shop. In the window there, I photographed a few of the figurines: a dancer with lavish moves, a woman expressing freedom and some children figures infused with melancholy. I put them all together in a collage of pictures that I took on the island of Tenerife in 2015.
Cremaster (business as usual) (print on canvas, 200x200cm, 2012)
The relationship of power and domination between the strong and the weak has been an object of perpetual fascination within my range of subject matters. This work was originally exhibited at the "After Cremaster" exhibition in 2012 at the Caminul Artei Gallery of Bucharest. The theme of the exhibition was an ode to the great Matthew Barney and his epic work-cycle "Cremaster".
Las Meninas (Bam - Bam - Bam) - 200x200cm, digital work, 2012
Velasquez's Meninas never ceased to impress me. Since I was a student I have been fascinated with the perfect composition, the imaginative juxtaposition of characters and the incredibly vast symbolism of this work. There are many interpretations to the Meninas - i guess this is my version from that time.
Hot Shower (food & sister) (170x160cm - digital work - 2015)
I am interested in the process of creating new realities through gradual juxtaposition and subtraction. This composition contains images that I've found and re-contextualized into a new scenario.
Sweet Nectar - 170x160cm - digital work - 2015
Within the framework of a montage, I am interested in thought-provoking scenarios. Missing bits and pieces of a scene - like people's faces or relevant gestures - I speculate on what our mind does to replace or create an acceptable story-line. I fiddle around with images until a scene emerges and I am satisfied with the amount of uncertainty created.
War of Milk (oil on canvas, 200x250cm, 2012 - Private Collection)
I made "War of Milk" during my Erasmus scholarship in Leipzig, Germany in 2011. At the time, it was my most accomplished work - a piece where I had put all my effort and talent. It spoke about justice, exploitation and weirdness of the capitalist system in a way that attracted a lot of criticism.
circus equilibrium_230x190cm_oil on canvas_2012
Circus Equilibrium relates to a dream (a sensation) I had when I was a child: I felt as if I was carrying the whole world on my head. It was the feeling of being an Atlas - like a greed god who has both all the power and all the responsability all at once. This became a drawing and then a series of two paintings.
Circus Equilibrium _173x130cm_oil on canvas_2016
This amazing painting was made to order for a collector friend of mine in Switzerland. I chose the colors to represent the calmness and wisdom of serene choice. The equilibrium of life is a fragile balancing act that we accomplish everyday with more or less success.
Bankrobear_150x150cm_digital montage_2014
For a long time, I have been interested by cartoon characters and the way advertising uses them to convey simple messages. The focus behind this painting was to displace the context in which "nice" and "cute" characters act and create a more threatening and challenging situation.
On the Rocks (Snowboarder) (oil on canvas, 170x150cm, 2013)
I've created this work as part of my Master's project. The painting is a painted montage of myself snowboarding down a steep mountainside. The dreamy sunset landscape interested me as part of a surreal aspect of snowboarding.