Engaging in art is not something I do for money. Not because it is forbidden, bad or unworthy. It just contradicts my nature and won’t give me anything except a feeling of frustration and self-disgust. I can hardly imagine I could conform to someone else's taste or try to please somebody, which I believe is impossible and pointless, in the first place. Whatever I do, I do for myself and my own pleasure, and I enjoy doing it wholeheartedly. That’s probably what makes my art both successful with public and formally recognized. It looks as if painting absorbs my satisfaction and passes it on. This is the first thing a viewer perceives, even before becoming aware of the subject and the idea.