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The sunny scene in the City is not letting me go. Nr 5. (must be the vitamin D deficiency).

2011, oil on panel, 20 x 20 cm, sold

Working out my understanding of beauty in art. Its devilishly complicated. Seems like our language is insufficient to explain it in words. This is my stab at it to explain it to myself:
Aesthetic beauty of a scene can not be measured and is different for a different viewer. It is a reaction, a feeling that helps perceive a piece of art in certain way. The viewers arrive with a set of social and cultural values that shape this aesthetic perception. This perception can be shared by a group of people where it is deemed more or less universal, but that changes with time. We live in the age where this perception is very individualistic, everybody has their say and its equally important. This led to broadening the scope of what is perceived as beautiful art… I feel like I’d rather get to painting now.

Moorgate sunshine IV, 2011, oil on panel, 20 x 20 cm, sold

I often get comments on why do I leave out the detail of the face.  The reason is simple – when I saw this scene, the light was what is important in it, the bright rays of sunshine basing the pavement. People who cut though this light are here to emphasize it and demonstrate it’s beauty. They are part of the scene, but human faces are so powerful and so attractive to the eye, that if I focus on their faces, the scene will become about them rather then the light.

2010, oil on panel, 15 x 15 cm, sold

2010, oil on panel, 15 x 15 cm, sold

Third 20×20 cm painting of the shiny Queen Victoria street in the City.

2010, oil on hardboard, 20×20 cm, £225 via GoFigurative

Second painting in the series of soggy City evenings with the street lights taking center stage.

2010, oil on panel, 20x 20 cm, £225 via Etsy

The final image of the Red Bank triptych. This one has only a shade of red – on the stop light closest to the viewer.

Finished this over the weekend, to the sparkles of the fireworks in the nearby Victoria Park. England celebrated Gay Fawkes day yesterday. This is second of the three images of the Threadneedle st. where it runs onto the Bank junction.

Just got a call from Spitalfields life - a fantastically edited and designed blog about my hood in London – they will interview me next week about my London paintings blog.  So since both of us are particularly interested in the East End area of London – I’ve played with Flickr to plugged my paintings onto their map. The result is quite fun, go check it out.

Also, I am expanding my pages count on this blog (further redesign to come soon) to include a Press page containing a few clippings about my work that I am slowly accumulating here.