In an era where Artificial Intelligence generates visually flawless images with a speed and precision no human painter can match, the question “Why paint at all?” becomes unavoidable. The reality is simple: AI produces “better” images than I do. It is faster, technically superior, and inexhaustible. Yet, it is precisely this technological surplus that forces us to confront a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human?

For centuries, we have mistakenly equated our humanity with production and consumption. We believed that if we manufactured something, we justified our existence. Today, as machines take over the labor of production, we must return to the one thing code cannot replicate: conscious process and intent.

The Painting as a Plastic Process, Not a Product

My work does not follow the logic of a final aesthetic commodity. I align myself with the tradition of Conceptual Art, where the idea and the act of creation hold more significance than the object hanging on the wall. My paintings are records of internal events.

On my canvases, archaic symbols and archetypes do not necessarily remain on the surface. They are often present only at the inception. The process begins by drawing or painting symbols that represent deep, collective archetypes. I contemplate these forms. They serve as interfaces—conduits through which I address the subconscious.

Layer Upon Layer: Organizing Internal Vectors

The defining moment of the process follows: painting over them. I obscure the symbol with new strata of color, but this is not an act of erasure. It is a process of releasing and organizing internal energies. By layering over the archetype, I am recalibrating my own internal guidelines—vectors that I direct toward a higher state of harmony.

The central question I pose is this: Does the painting retain the energy of that archetype, even if it is invisible and painted over? I believe it does. The painting becomes a vessel for an informational imprint, embedded through time and contemplation. Much like shamanic rituals, where the potency of the act is not derived from its visibility, but from its execution.

The Collective Field and the Human Attitude

Perhaps the essence of humanity is simply the sum of all our internal “attitudes.” As individuals, we are constantly “releasing” content into the collective energy field of the planet: be it rage, fear, and unrest, or peace and unconditional love.

My painting is an attempt to decontaminate this field. Through contemplation of archetypes and their gradual transformation on the canvas, I strive to contribute a moment of order and resonance to our shared consciousness. This is my contribution to a better world—not through the production of new objects, but through the active refinement of my own internal structure.

In a world that demands constant visibility and speed, I choose the path of the invisible and the slow. The painting is merely the documentation of a ritual that occurred in the silence between the canvas and myself.

My work in Saatchi Gallery