Impressions of imaginary and real

After more than 15 years of exclusively impressionistic painting, I began to “flirt” with the world of sculpture with my diploma work in the form of a 3D object. Later, I began to seek a counterbalance to impressionistic creation. After several years of trying new techniques, tools and materials, “clamping” was born, which is a novelty in artistic expression. This is not quite sculpture, but it is an artistic expression that borders on painting and sculpture. It is a special technique of inserting metal clips directly onto a canvas attached to wood. It should be emphasized that when designing images on the canvas, I do not make preliminary sketches. I weave the images into the canvas surface using a special clipping technique, which I design one next to the other and densely cover one over the other. In this way, I achieve the effect of the whole. The smooth, metallic-silver surface at the point of contact with different light allows for a rich play of light and shadow and depth and shape of the depicted motif. The motifs from the clips are actually color negatives, which is the opposite of the colorfulness of impressionistic paintings. This has brought balance to my artistic creation. If I used to choose bright colors for impressionistic paintings, now I choose the purity of black, white and gold. If I used to choose rough layers, I now choose precise, sensitive details. If I used to create a view of the artwork itself, now the viewer chooses the view of the artwork from various angles.

Nature has always been my main inspiration and that has not changed this time either. I still remain faithful to nature motifs and capturing light, depth, and this time to the details of leaves, cones, chestnuts, small branches, nests, etc., which I create with more than 20,000 metal clips in one single artwork! This is a special technique that requires precision, concentration and an extremely precise process.