Luminița Gliga

My work explores the world of colors and shapes. The essence of each painting is the connection between the subject and myself. My paintings now concern themselves with the vague territory between abstraction and the known and seen world. Since I was a student at the Art University in Bucharest, Romania, I got used to following some steps for my paintings — a theoretical documentation, sketches and then starting the work — Ephesus, Apocalypse, Nestatornik, Autobiography in images, Terra vision, Riding souls, and Travel the World are few of my subjects. So I am inspired by nature, old symbols, war, life in the city, dreams, travels, etc. I am especially influenced by Abstract Expressionism. I like to explore the secrets of composition and of shapes. The painted image is a form of communicating with people.

Recently I experimented again with collage — and this time it was the assemblage — with materials and objects, but I did not forget about the importance of composition and message of an artwork.