Do the ideas for tattoos always belong to your clients?
Yes, of course. But sometimes, very rarely, they come and ask for something beautiful to come up with. Then I usually do what is currently in fashion.
Inscriptions, geometry. Previously, people liked to have some objects painted. Or portraits of their beloved ones. Or something that expresses their inner world. Now they prefer abstract things.
Where do you find the inspiration?
Everywhere. You can draw the inspiration from anywhere. From our conversation for example. I am inspired by neuropsychology, the latest scientific studies of the human brain. I begin to better understand myself and how my body is functioning due to all these neural connections in the brain. And I try to reflect the functioning of my brain in my works.
You paint babies. What does this mean from a conceptual perspective?
This is my daughter. I paint her because I always have her before my eyes. And I am trying to display the idea of how we consume information by which we are constantly overloaded. Our brain absorbs information that is relevant for it. I see my child also as an information that is all the time in my head. When I decide to paint, the first thing that appears on a canvas is the most important thing for me at that given moment. If it’s true that the brain makes decisions for us, the best thing I can do is follow its lead while trying to trace with my consciousness to figure out why it happened.