Vardan Ghumashyan | Armenia
''THE SUPREME HAPPINESS OF PERSON IS ATTENDANCE OF GOD"
The presence of God means the highest creative activity of man, the general principle of which is Being (Life).
The creation of man in Being (Life) must be in absolute concent with nature, it is achieved thanks to the innate
freedom and simplicity. Only in this case, nature reveals its vital secret of rebirth, and a person rises to a much higher spiritual level, penetrating into the depths of essential times. ""
When nature is intertwined with soul homan, and romance is embodied in a noble expression, it means
in inner silence the artist creates.
This incredibly beautiful us leads to the disclosure of the secrets of nature,
“...... when you read nature, you enter the aura of creation. A huge wave of energy is falling on you and who
can withstand this onslaught in it and art is born. "
It is this eternal process of rebirth that is embodied as the result of creativity.
This creative principle's make's people life more wonderful and in it the artist’s life is reborn.
Vardan Ghumashyan 2016''Aregnaz'' acrylic 50x40 cm
Contemporary Art Station: Tell us about how you got started. When did you know you wanted to be an artist?
I started drawing when I was five years old. I drew in chalk on asphalt on the walls of buildings.
And when at the age of 16 I ended up in the studio of the my wonderful teacher professor-artist Vardges Stepanyan, and this became decisive for me.
CAS: What is your process like, from initial idea to the creation of the piece? Do you usually develop the idea for a project before you find the "canvas", or vice versa?
Absolutely right!
At first, the experiences through which you enter the world of imagination and it is extremely important that the hand has time to convey the contours of what saw artist in this wonderful worldimagination.
The reason for such may be a completely insignificant event at first glance like the swinging of a tree branch.The canvas comes after. Building anatomy of characters harmony and symbols. But the most important thing is not to tell everything in the picture, which allows art lovers to feel and experience inside themselves as personal.
CAS: What do you love most about your creative process?
Tale!
Tale about and with characters with trees with clouds with wind and rain.
This amazing process enriches and develops a person as a result of which the level of perception and understanding of life rises.
This is a prayer for insects, this is a prayer for animals, this is a prayer for trees, this is a prayer for people and the universe.
Vardan Ghumashyan ''Red Cardinal'' 2016 oil linen 68x61 cm
CAS: What role does art and the artist play in the broader social conversation today?
The artist must and makes the world kinder.
This is a fighter against ignorance and arrogance.
He is an amazing storyteller who invites society to the castle of kindness where the science and art intertwines because without science the universe will collapse and without art it will die.
CAS: Name a few of your favourite artists and influences.
Leonardo da Vinchi.
The greatest phenomenon of all time.
Extraterrestrial thinker.
Visions of nature.
Jerome Bosch
A magnificent storyteller and revealer of the secret depths of human nature.
El Greco
The great master of expressions of harmony of the soul and human body.
Courage in creativity, refinement of expressions.
CAS: What is the best advice you received as an artist?
''Draw serve the art and make people happy ''.
This is the instruction of my beautiful master-teacher.
CAS: When did you discover your voice as an artist?
When I did not enter the system of the old system - the union of artists - that created the previous system, which unfortunately exists to this day.
The artist is a personality and should not be included in any system.
CAS: What advice would you give to emerging artists trying to find their own?
''Love God, conservation nature, do not betray them, and this will make you an artist''.
Vardan Ghumashyan '' Young Lord'' 2008 oil canvas 50x35 cm
