I’m a Canadian visual artist. Born in Sibiu, Romania, about 51 years ago .
I’ve started my visual artist “career” as an art high school student, in Sibiu (the most happy 4 years of my life!) . I also studied photography for one year with one of Romania’s best art photographer, Gheorghe Lazaroiu, EFIAP. Unfortunately, I couldn’t be among the 5-6 students admitted every year at one of the 3 Art Universities in the communist Romania… I studied, instead, History (and some Art History, of course) and English at the Sibiu University. Nobody could force me to stop sketching during the most boring classes and I did a few paintings too… usually presents for my mother’s anniversary (her being the one who always encouraged me to follow my artistic vocation). The usual followed: family, work (teaching for 8-9 years in different village schools), etc.
After the 1989 revolution (I took part as a photographer) I ‘ve started a new career as a journalist and photo journalist.
Children grew up and for them as well as for myself we decided to immigrate to Canada. Almost ten years ago. Here, in Québec, since it was hard for me to find work, I’ve started – well, you can say, I RE-STARTED- my visual artist career. I’ve studied at the Sherbrooke University and completed a Certificate in Visual Art, working also as a factory worker. It was hard but I did it.
Since April 2002 I’m a full time visual artist. I earn my living teaching “artistic expression” in a private institution and I draw, I paint. My portfolio has now over 2300 reproductions (drawings and paintings, mostly; I did not considered my photographs…) and my intention is – health and time permitting – to post the best of them here, in chronological order… Since I’m not a native English speaker I beg you to be indulgent with my many mistakes…
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cantueso // September 29, 2007 at 02:01 |
There will be very very few people who believe that this was not written by yourself, because the mistakes are all tell-tale, funny
and one too many to be corrected and also amusing.
ivdanu // September 29, 2007 at 08:09 |
OH, now I get what Gene said about the writing in the 3rd person! And I didn’t want to HIDE that I was the author of this one too… I’m glad that, at least, the mistakes are tell-tale and amusing…
No way I’m gone change that!( first thing, I’m not able and second, well, what the heck! Van Gogh did plenty of mistakes himself and I was an English Teacher so long ago that it doesn’t count any more!
Still, if you see a very BIG mistake (a non-amusing one!) PLEASE give me a sign, will you?! Finally, just as Vincent said “we make our painting to talk for us”; I know that Goethe also said something in the order of ” Make images, artist, don’t talk!” I’ll do that…
cantueso // September 29, 2007 at 21:48 |
If this is your new avatar, that is wonderful.
I saw you got a rejection slip from those people. Did you see that they said they were not taking any new artists? Also, if they charge you 29 dollars a month,- just to have you listed there, they do not have to sell very many paintings to make it worth their while.
Now this self portrait is nice and looks more probable. As you know. “the Truth”, in these matters, does not exist , because the object depends on the eyes of the beholder. So, for instance, I thought it would be near impossible to paint your own eyes because you cannot see them as meaning anything. I thought that would be the reason why your former avatar looked so silly.
Anonymous // September 30, 2007 at 09:50 |
Thanks for the information, no, I didn’t took notice about that… Anywhy, I had my doubts (some good artists but most of them too profit oriented and too damn “realistical” (local color, local everything!)
Glad you like better my avatar (it’s a self portrait kind of imitating a zen portrait); in reality, I’m a lot meeker (that’s the word?), not so angrymeanish…
I’ll post for you the other self portrait on the blogspot blog, tomorow… if I don’t forget… You’ll see it better (maybe not so silly, after all… no offence taken, amused…)
ivdanu // September 30, 2007 at 10:26 |
I’ve changed the presentation, A & G! Hope for the better… 29 09 07
cantueso // October 3, 2007 at 14:58 |
Later I remembered that on your other avatar (that red self portrait) you looked at yourself trying to see above your glasses, which is why you looked so dumb. Do you know what I mean? I guess you needed your glasses to paint, but did not want them to look at yourself in the mirror, and, since you could not take them off each time you wanted to look, you tried to look above the rim. Uff, that was hard to explain.
ivdanu // October 3, 2007 at 21:04 |
I get you point, A! and it’s true, I look kind of dumb in it (another proof that appeareances are tricky and untrue, eh?)
I will write soon a post, on Danu’s small world connected to this… Follow it if you have 5 minutes…
John // February 20, 2008 at 15:33 |
Hello. Sorry I couldn’t find another way to contact you on your blog so I had to use this comment field. The reason I’m writing is because I work for an online art magazine focused on drawing and painting and we would like to publish 1 one of your pieces in our March issue. Can you get back to me at john@antidull.com at your earliest convenience and let me know if you’re interested.
Thanks
ivdanu // February 20, 2008 at 18:43 |
I will do that, John.
bibomedia // March 1, 2008 at 04:52 |
erinruffin // March 1, 2008 at 17:18 |
really enjoy your blog.
best,
Erin
ivdanu // March 1, 2008 at 17:56 |
Thanks, Erin! You are too kind…
ovidiu stanomir // March 28, 2008 at 02:29 |
DaNu_le, succes in tot si in toate !
lbtowers // November 11, 2008 at 11:20 |
I love your work, and the story of your life Ion. I would like to see some of your photographs too.
Lisa
ivdanu // November 11, 2008 at 12:01 |
Same here (even if I don’t know much about the story of you life)… From time to time, I’ve showed some (see also on my not-so-active other blog at:
http://iondanu.wordpress.com/
and thanks, lisa!
I // January 30, 2009 at 15:56 |
out of sight, out of mind?
I wish you go0d luck…