I loved drawing and painting even when I was a child. As a teenager I took many art courses: advertisement llustration , cartooning, pencil drawing and, finally, oil on canvas. At first, I painted children exclusively. But I found that my work was too academic. However, with the passage of time I began to feel free to express myself without worrying excessively about details. Now everything I paint is a product of my imagination. Ten years ago I took a course specializing in a Japanese technique of painting oil on canvas without brushes,...more