Be like water

This portrait of Bruce Lee was made upon the request of my son, who is the great fan of his. The motto of Bruce Lee's philosophy "be water, my friend" has captivated me. This idea I was trying to convey through fluidity, transparency and relative shapelessness of both background and the body, but the strength and energy of this person I was trying to emphasize through the collage techniques with use of rough textured materials like carton or square pieces of collage paper. This painting is professionally framed but framed can be removed upon removed.

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I am the Gold Coast-based artist. The move from Eastern Europe to Australia found me having to adapt to a new world, giving impetus to the release and expression of heretofore unexpressed creative energies. Though not against more contemporary themes and modes of expression, i seek to infuse the canvas with a classical sentiment, using traditional oil painting techniques for reflecting the correlation between the person and world changing rapidly and the attempt of the person to find the hideout and rest through connection with nature and his inner self.