This is the introduction I wrote for my book "CERAMICS - Craft, Art and Science" (in Romanian). Details at ceramica.neagu.com. Capitolul introductiv din cartea "CERAMICA - meșteșug, artă și știința". Detalii la ceramica.neagu.com. Nevoia de supraviețuire, setea de cunoaștere și ingeniozitatea l-au [...]
Drops of Memories - book cover My book Drops of Memories, written in 2016 and published as an e-book in 2017 was triggered by a strong desire of poring out my life: work, dreams, struggles, conflicts, mistakes, achievements and the [...]
Ghelar, Romania - 1942 I earned a graduate degree in Applied Art, however, with children to raise and a job to hold, I found no time for artistic pursuits. I hoped that later in life I would be able [...]
Drawing 2012 "I found that doing preliminary detailed sketches for me is not relevant. The joy of painting is to find my way out through changes and adjustments in the process of painting." LN " Willem de Kooning typically, [...]
Reading books, always with a pencil in my hand, like my father did, I use to underline sentences of interest, wanting to remember them, eventually copying them in a note book. In time, as a high schooler, I had a collection of [...]
Drawing 2012 "You begin with the posibilities of the material" Robert Rauschenberg "Art is the magnification of limitations. Art is doing everything you can within walls". Brian Rutenberg "Great art can arise from discontent and cynicism, but also can [...]
Quick drawing I think that a new, creative content is expressed by several forces which co inhabit with us and make us what we are. The first are the basic knowledge, intellectual, spiritual, images, emotions, feelings which we gather [...]
My first watercolor on yupo One day in 2006, I happened to be in Daniel Smith Artist Supply store to buy some pastels, thinking them to be my preferred art medium. A sales girl invited me to attend a [...]
My Studio 2008 In 2006 at 70s, as a single, living in a tiny place, I embarked on an unexpected, journey, never thought to be available to me. With pounding emotion, I started a painting journey, revealing my feelings, sensitivity, [...]
Below are all my blog posts related to my China experience, grouped in a few clusters. China... a long way from home Why China? Flying to China Landing in Beijing My new Chinese friends Beijing Summer Palace Learning Chinese [...]
