Doru Ivan
My work explores human nature through introspection and the emotional landscape of individual experience. Working in a realistic, figurative mode influenced by expressionist tendencies, I portray the psychological states that shape a human life. Through gesture, form, and symbolic exaggeration, my figures evoke moments of bliss, panic, uncertainty, reflection, and mystic awareness. I favour a rigorous black-and-white palette, using watercolour, acrylic, and black ink on paper to create dynamic, sweeping brushstrokes that define my visual language. The figures I depict are intentionally unconventional; rather than idealised beauty, I seek to reveal the poetry of human vulnerability and encourage viewers to discover beauty in unexpected and overlooked aspects of existence.
Cheating, OIl on canvas, 100x100cm
Study 2023, OIl on canvas, 100x100cm
Chaos, Oil on canvas, 100x100cm