I am a happy artist, having walked the long path back to myself and having understood how important it is that what I do for a living brings me pleasure and satisfaction, thinking about it even when I sleep. Constantly in my thoughts. Only then, my work ceases to be just work – it becomes my essence, my life. Reality and imagination blend together, the world fades in the distance, events lose their impact and everything around me simply happens between one painting and the next.