Artist Statement:

One day, when I was lying on my back I suddenly opened my eyes and discovered a very beautiful red tablecloth. It was made of thin Chinese silk and covered with a multitude of wonderful images. There were little people wearing cone-like hats, trees, mountains, birds and houses with cute curved roofs were my first mind-blowing childhood impressions. I was laying there examining that tablecloth in the anticipation of a moment when I could take-up pencil and paper. Apparently, my first scrawls made some impression on the people around me; I started receiving presents containing brushes and paint. The tablecloth soon disappeared.