About

Short Bio

Doina was born in 1971, in a provincial town in Romania. Manifesting interest in drawing since she was little, she spent her childhood drawing on absolutely everything that came in contact with her hand, from paper sheets to furniture, books, asphalt, even doll faces. After high school, Doina chose to follow her passion and committed as a painter decorator using a technique almost forgotten today and extremely complicated (Daum Nancy and Galle), some sort of reverse painting on multiple layers of glass. She worked in this field for almost 10 years, while also drawing cartoons and caricatures for a Hungarian company and comic strips for a local newspaper. At the age of 33, she emigrated to the United States where she settled with her family, only a few miles away from Chicago.

Statement

I have always disliked doing what others do, meaning imitating nature to the perfection of a photograph, whether it is a landscape, a plant, or a human figure. In recent years, with easy access to materials and relatively cheap advertising, almost everyone paints and defines himself as an "artist". I have always been reluctant to classify myself in this way, for two reasons: first, because I believe that a true artist of today brings an original addition to the art world and can also dedicate all his time to the creative process, the second reason being that I am never satisfied with the results of my work. In many ways and many times, this was a shortcoming but it also motivated me not to stop from the process of discovering myself. I think that the moment I get to be fully satisfied with my work this will mean the end of my evolution as an aspiring artist.

Over the years I have tried several styles and, for short periods, I found myself in each of them, as you try a new coat, you like it much, but you can not wear it for an infinite time. So I've changed them, the styles, and I noticed that I always gravitate more around the stories aroused by the imagination. Whether it was about digital drawings, acrylics, or alcohol inks, I decided to express my ideas without the constraints of classical painting, and with all the freedom that my imagination gives me, the only real freedom I will ever experience as a human being.