Transcript of the interview with Tomas Duchek

Where are you?
“I am painting live and presenting my work here in this exhibition of Mecenate Fine Art with NFTs for Faerian.”

How does it feel to be exhibited in a real gallery?

“It’s exciting, definitely. I always work from home, from my office, alone. I’m feeling the loneliness sometimes, so it’s nice to meet people. It’s a different environment for me, so I appreciate it.”

How did you react the first time you saw your art on the big screen?
“It definitely looks much better than I expected. Couple of times, I try to print out my work, but that is not as visually stunning, I would say, or attractive. So I appreciate the screens as well, definitely, I like that.”

Can you explain us your artistic process?
“I am making a new piece, and I’m usually starting with a silhouette. The idea comes from an exploration usually.

Here, I can show you the silhouette. Then I refine it, and add some lines to it. Usually the process is changing, it’s not always the same. But here, I started like this, and then I added a couple of colors, flat colors into it.

I’m going to be continuing with the separation of light and shadow, and kind of develop the painting from there. I always like to play with light, so I tend to explore various materials and light settings, so that I get an interesting scene this way. This is obviously a cheesy start, because I have a lantern there, so it should be a fun exercise to play with, illuminating this object, and casting the light on his face and his clothes. That’s the focal point, and then I think I’m going to add tree branches and woods, behind it, like really wild, almost unnaturally thick and entangled. So I’m hoping to have some kind of strange, scary forest environment this way.”