"15 Minutes & a Lifetime"

It is said that Picasso was once asked, "How long did it take you to paint this?" in reference to a minimalist drawing he created, and he replied: "Ten minutes – and a lifetime."

It is difficult to evaluate a work of art by the amount of time invested in it. Every work is the result of years of practice, thought, deliberation, failures and successes. It carries within it the entire path the artist took up to the moment the line was created.

The works in this series were created in drawing groups with a live model, with each pose lasting only 10–15 minutes. But for me, every moment of observing the model is an attempt to capture something beyond the visible interior, a story without words. The line, color and style are adapted not only to the figure in front of me, but to the impression it leaves in me, to the associations it evokes, sometimes even to the works of great artists from the past.

Thus, a dialogue is established: between the artist and the model, and between both of them and the entire world of classical and modern art.