I thought about it and no, I no longer make prints of my paintings.
I have made, and might someday make again, calendars — but that’s another story.
Some people tell me, “You could sell more.”
Maybe. But I’d lose the only thing that makes art different from everything else: uniqueness.
When you buy one of my paintings, you buy the only one that exists.
My hands and brushes have touched every millimeter of it.
Every imperfection is mine. Every decision was made only once.
A print can look like it — but it can never be it.
I don’t judge those who make prints.
I’ve simply chosen another path.
I’d rather sell less, and stay true to something that can’t be replicated.
Some things are meant to exist only once — like a moment, like a painting.
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I rephotographed this painting (thanks 
The moment when hidden colors wake up.
When blues become depth.
When the silence beneath motion finally reveals itself.
Third movement. Four paintings.
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It may sound presumptuous.
But anyone who has spent time in Italy knows it to be true.
The real American dream is to live in Italy.
I stopped asking myself: "Will someone like this?"
Now I ask: "Would I want this in my home?"
Because if I wouldn't want to live with that painting, why should anyone else?
Art isn't a compromise. It's not "making something that will sell."
It's telling the truth and hoping someone recognizes their own in that truth.
When I paint for myself, I paint for those who are like me.
When I paint to sell, I paint for no one.
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The sketch became real.
SILENCE AMONG THE SILENCES begins.
Some of you might find this unsettling.
I did too, at first.
But after clouds, flowers, and waves — I had to ask:
What's left when you remove everything recognizable?
Not nothing.
An echo.
You don't need to understand it.
You just need to feel it.
First of four.
20×25cm, oil on board.
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