
Mr. Paint, oil on canvas, 143 x 180cm, 2012
Mr. Paint
My thoughts during painting process:
" Traditional painting is... No... Tradition of painting... no... or maybe better - tradition in painting... no, it's not it....
What's left of tradition? No... What is left of painting without the tradition?? Three things: oil paint, brushes and canvas. Not too hard to tell? I'm not telling, just thinking, nobody can hear my thoughts. Exactly!
The Paint - is a beginning. Without paint there would be no painting, definitely, neither traditional, none at all. No paint? - Not painting. It's simple... Let's check the paint box, what's in there, what color do we have here - kraplak red deep, cobalt green deep... O.K., decision made, I'll paint bordo this time, it's bin a while since I painted with dark colors, it always was white with white on white etc. The Paint with paint, to paint, to dye, uf! That entertains!
So, there's just the paint itself, no story, no reflection, just to paint with the paint, paint, dye, color. But what to paint then? - - - And so the CREATION starts. Day by day, layer after layer, paint on paint. Thoughts, hopes, shmopes... What a great poetry! What?? Whash your hands first! Dirty hands, a paint stripe on a cheek. Here it comes: soap, household, desperation... painting's called romantic... yaaaa....
I need to finish my CREATION. I need to. Creation. Poetry. Household. Paint. Stripe. Stripe on a cheek is beautiful, I don't think about it as a dirt, because that's a colorful paint stripe. It's only paint - beautiful. If it was my way - I would never wash it off."
Here I go, standing in front of "Mr. Paint" with my hands clean. Uncomfortable feeling.

With this narration I wish to explain "Mr. Paint's" creativity steps, and also guide a bit into the painting process.
The concept is simple - THE PAINT.
The concept is simple - THE PAINT.