Natural Inclination ARTISTS_Valentin Popov I only know that any

I only know that any verbal statement can only give vague clues as to why I pursue a certain direction in working and thinking

and—most passionately—with color

Dreamers Dreaming

and I grew up in a home with the use of strong color

environmental

Natural Inclination ARTISTS_Valentin Popov I only know that anyFrom the Artist I am interested in an approach to art making that explores the often conflicted relationship between the decorative traditions in geometric patterns found in other cultures and western modernism. However, [my] recent [as of 2019] paintings, prints, and collage drawings avoid culturally specific subject matter in favor of a more elusive pictorial terrain of contemporary abstraction. Inasmuch, my work attempts to reflect a broader