Ana Maria Fociuc

I am a visual artist- painter, a pattern designer and a craft worker. My story started some time ago in Romania, where I was born in a family that mixed 3 different cultures, Greek, German and Russian. Soon after I had finished my engineering education I left Romania and I lived in different countries as a global nomad. The contact with varied cultures, developped and enhanced greatly my visual lexicon and cognition. While studying Spanish philology I become familiar with the influence of A…See all

I am a visual artist- painter, a pattern designer and a craft worker. My story started some time ago in Romania, where I was born in a family that mixed 3 different cultures, Greek, German and Russian. Soon after I had finished my engineering education I left Romania and I lived in different countries as a global nomad. The contact with varied cultures, developped and enhanced greatly my visual lexicon and cognition. While studying Spanish philology I become familiar with the influence of Arabic culture in Southern Spain and I fell in love with the art resulting from that encounter. At some point in my life I had a regular job and eventually a bore-out. I saved myself quitting it and retreating into Hindu and Buddhist philosophy followed by living in an Ashram for 2 years. This changed not just my world views and my beliefs but also influenced the way I express mysef in art. While my engineering training gave me the shapes, the strict, exact forms and structure, the Arabic - Spanish and the Easterns cultures opened myself to colours, curves and random shapes. All these are embodied in my work for you to enjoy . For me the canvas is the mirror of my soul, it is always showing my inner state, my emotions. We are interconnected and co-dependent. About my artwork I paint with my hands but my feelings, emotions and my intuition are in charge; the hand is just a tool. I never know how a paining is going to look like in the end. It is always a surprise to me. All I am doing is to stay as much as possible in a meditative, no-thought, neutral state of mind and let the intuition do the work, pick the right color, move the canvas, stroke the brush in the right direction. It is all about a magic dance between how I feel in that moment and how much I can let myself go with the flow. It is the opposite of thinking and planning, a child-like state. I play and I discover a new universe where neither time nor space exists. I start with an idea; then the idea takes its own life. It’s more like I am a midwife, helping deliver something, than creating. I have to be open and aware, and figure out what it’s trying to become. Anything can happen at any point. I think that we and everything around us, even our intentions and thoughts, are energy that vibrates at different frequencies. Hence, I believe that my paintings have their own life and vibration that can be felt at the subconscious level. When we are purely attracted from our heart by a piece of art, I think that we are captured by the vibration of the painting. In my opinion this vibration can empower us. I encourage those of you who would like to acquire one of my paintings to try to sense if you feel attracted by the painting, just as you are attracted to a human being.See less