"Prelude"

(oil painting on canvas, 30X30, 2007)

"There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible."
P. J. O'Rourke

"Love is like war: Easy to begin but hard to end."
Anonymous

"Never go to bed mad - stay up and fight."
Phyllis Diller

"Prelude" was heavily inspired by the works of El Greco, one of my favorite artists. I think El Greco's paintings were way ahead of his time, because he seems to believe in supremacy of color over form, something that I believe as well. I place a great deal of importance to colors in my artwork. I love the fact that I can change them in order to make my artwork more playful or more dramatic.

It's absolutely wonderful that artists have an ability to transform what is into what could never be in nature, without any loss of meaning in the process. If anything colors serve to further emphasise and enhance the meaning behind a painting. A philosopher can't get away (in most cases) with saying that the sky is green, because it would destroy the traditional understanding of what sky is; while an artist can paint the sky green and it wouldn't take anything away from our perception of it. Is not that wonderful?