I am an artist living/working in Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn, New York. My specialty is traditional oil portraits and nude paintings of women.

For portraits, I appreciate the works by French painters from Rococo period, such as Elisabeth Louise Vigee-Le Brun or Jean-Marc Nattier. They often painted beautiful aristocratic women with soft edges in luxurious costumes/settings. My goal is to create portraits that are more beautiful and youthful than the actual sitters but still capture the individual characters.

For nude paintings, I admire the styles of Boucher and Renoir, with soft, idealized beauty of youthful women in peaceful and romatic ways.

As I got older, I started to appreciate more bright paintings with less dramatic contrast. I think women in paintings look more beautiful that way. It goes well with the inherent nature of women which is very bright and soft. Finding female models with blonde hair & blue eyes with light skin became very important for me.

This does not mean I do not paint people other than blonde women. I would be delighted to paint portraits for anybody and any pets. My philosophy in life is to forgive anything and give unconditional love to every human being and animal on earth. Even the most egregious criminal is, at the end, a precious spiritual being and need to be loved for who they are. I do not believe hating and fighting will solve prolems. It took me a long time to realize that unconditionally loving every single person results in a more peaceful and fulfilling life for me and for everybody else.

The real world is full of violence and economic uncertainty. In my art, I am interested in creating the heavenly paradise as I imagine. It's the world filled with love and beauty.

Terry