Loneliness comes in different forms. It happens that you are alone and there is absolutely no one around. But it also happens that there are people around you, but they do not understand you, do not accept you. This may be just ignoring, or there may be serious bullying. Or it may be that outwardly everything is fine, but your ideas are devalued, your thoughts and feelings are not accepted. And it seems that the whole world is against you.

What kind of loneliness is worse? What emotions would you experience if you found yourself in similar situations? Is it possible to cope with it?

It’s unhealthy to eat sweets. But sweets are beautiful, fragrant, they beckon you. You want to experience pleasure, enjoy the taste, get a dose of dopamine. There is a temptation, an impulse. It is followed by pleasure. You want more and more. But if you overeat them, it gets bad, and disappointment sets in.

We live in an era of consumption. We consume more and more. Beautiful advertising, mouth-watering appeals beckon, call for you. Is it worth giving in to the impulse?

Flowers and sweets are often used as gifts. Such a gift is often considered universal, because many people like to eat delicious food and enjoy the beauty and fragrance of flowers.

Birthday, wedding, March 8th — these are the kinds of gifts that are often given on all these holidays.

The flowers and sweets are painted in great detail, realistically, so that the viewer would also want to receive such a gift. Would you like to receive such a gift, or would you just pass it by?

Flowers are one of the most beautiful creations of nature that you want to admire over and over again. I want to perpetuate the beauty of flowers. I want to convey down to the smallest details their magnificent shape, brightness of color, grace and elegance.

But flowers always fade, no matter what we do, no matter how hard we try to preserve them. Bright colors fade, the shape shrinks, the petals deteriorate, turn black and fall off.

In this series, the flowers are painted in detail and realistically to maximize their beauty. The black background highlights their splendor, but it also reminds us that all this will soon spoil, wither and disappear.