Irving Arts Center, Art Connection Members Show

A photo from Irving Arts Center, The 6th Art Connection Members Show

9th July - 3rd September, 2006

The exhibition features artwork in a variety of media including painting, printmaking, photography, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and more.

Favorite Quotes of the Day

“I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting! Paintings are but research and experiment. I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches.”– Pablo Picasso

"If we cannot free ourselves, we can free our vision." - Piet Mondrian

Acrylic abstract painting- new work

"Red Ghost Ship"

acrylic on canvas

20 x 16 inches

2006

price $250

I can't wait to see the "Pirates of Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest", I loved the first movie and I've heard the second has good reviews too. So, thinking about the pirates and the great passion for adventure, I entered in the imaginary...and this is what happened. Of course to me everything is abstract, this is the way I see life or better said this is the way I want to see life. Freedom is very important and this is what I want to offer to the viewer: imagination. I just give him a glimpse and than let his imagination create the whole story behind.

I used the red color to reinforce the spirit for adventure, a passion that never dies on a background of very pale green, white and black to create the impression of a rock or even a glacier, since everything is wild, untouchable and lost in time.

The contrast, strokes and the rich texture gives it a plus of charm and makes "The Red Ghost Ship" existent somewhere in time...

Artworks hanged in Dallas Elbow Room

Saturday, I hanged few pieces in one of the most popular clubs in downtown Dallas, The Elbow Room. It's a nonconformist I would say, type of bar, take a look on the following extras from Guidelive.com review also published in Dallas Morning News:
Elbow Room
Nightclub Review
By TODD EPPERSON / Special Contributor
"Tucked away on Gaston Avenue just down the road from Baylor University Medical Center is a bar and restaurant that's as comfortable and familiar as a longtime friend.
As its Web site attests, the Elbow Room has been serving Dallas "since a long time ago." Workers from the area stop by for a day-ending buzz with locals who appreciate a cool neighborhood hangout, devoid of pretense. It's that kind of place.
The look is textbook funky, urban-dive cool: exposed brick walls, dark woods, red vinyl banquettes and one-of-a-kind artworks. (Pieces by Richard Ross, Todd Camplin and Richard Sharum will be up through January.)
There are pool tables and dartboards to show your game and a separate dining space that accommodates private parties. We really enjoyed the all-inclusive jukebox, stocked with everything from Johnny Cash to the Bee Gees to Guns N' Roses. And bands sometimes drop in for jam sessions; call ahead for details.
The Elbow Room definitely feels more like a bar than a restaurant, but we were pleasantly surprised not only by the depth of the menu but also by its capable execution. "

Artist Life- no comment

Some posters

I am not a genius in this mater like our friend Robi, although I wish to be, tough I am trying to do my homework. The first poster is made for an art show I had in April and second for a Romanian theatre company that was suppose to have a performance here in Dallas.

"My Inspiration"

Remember Dr.Wayne Dyer's "Inspiration Your Ultimate Calling"?
That was my inspiration when I created this piece which is part of an Irving Arts Center Art Connection Exhibit.

"My Inspiration"
Acrylic on Canvas
30"x40"
year 2006

Another article

February 2006, Romanian Global News

Article

An article published in a American Romanian Community Newspaper edited in CO.