The Artist - Silu
Every day, like everybody else, I'm deeply aware that I'm not able to draw. However, I continue to do it. The only difference between an artist and a non-artist is attitude.
Safe Child Thailand Gala Dinner, London - April 2019
I love live caricature as is the way of doing art more anywhere else rather than in a studio. Is the art that grows from my interaction with my model and expands my freedom. Being a live caricature artist (live pen artist) is like a musician on an endless tour who has to play different unknown songs for every concert. The live caricature is improvisation. Every musician knows that is a huge pressure before every event when you have to perform live, and doesn't matter how good you are, or how much experience you have, because every time you want to give the best.
Outside Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London - June 2022
I'm a friendly guy with a good sense of humor. My goal is to deliver joy through powerful, expressive portraits which transcend the black-and-white medium and the limitations of a simple line. Even if these portraits can look relatively simple, there is a very complex process of emotions and feelings that allow me to represent these kinds of drawings. Every drawing is a new adventure full of adrenaline in finding balance, beauty, and harmony.
@ BFI Southbank London - Jul 2022
My background is in architecture and design, still, after a couple of years of using CAD software, I felt the need to come back to the simplicity and the adrenaline that comes from using simple tools for art, like markers and paper, so, six years ago, inspired by London's multiculturality, I started to do caricature portraits.
Waiting for the last train of the night after a live caricature event
@ London Bridge Station - May 2022
@ The NW5 Community Play Project - Jul 2022
- Graduated from "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urbanism - Bucharest
- One of the three winners of the international contest "TurboCAD Creative Challenge 2008" - US
- My editorial cartoons were published in newspapers and magazines and have been selected to be part of diverse international exhibitions in Germany, Slovakia, Iran, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and the UK. During the short time I participated in the contests, I was awarded an Honorable Mention at the international cartoon competition "Brain Sneezing" 2011, Slovakia.
- I was lucky enough to work with a classic animation studio for an animated series during my architectural studies where I was told my drawings are the best among the newcomers in quality and speed.
- My first live caricature event was on September 18, 2016, @ Severndroog Castle with Eltham Arts
Practicing my drawings @ The National Gallery, London - May 2018
As an artist, I've been always in search of freer and more challenging ways for my artistic expression. Find my experiments with watercolour paintings here.
When I'm not doodling, I enjoy playing bass @UpBandMusic and dancing, impro dancer based on tango and zouk.
The one who draws
I dedicate all my work and I am his biggest fan...
Me - around 10 years old.
"Every art has one single goal: freedom"
"The artist is always the person who stands outside the structure"
Jordan Peterson - Exploring the Psychology of Creativity
12 common characteristics of creative people - Curious · Playful · Open-minded · Flexible · Sensitive · Independent · Risk-taking · Intuitive - Indeed.com
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Drawing the cutest people in the world!