Everything started when I was three years old secondary to a squint that could not be surgically corrected back to the day.  Consequently I have started drawing everything I came across with as a child. This was the only way for the eye’s muscles to adjust. By the time I was ten my school teachers were surprised that I could draw anatomically correct thirty different bones from the human skeleton.

Currently I am a doctor training in neuro-psychiatry and chair of the Art and Medicine Department within the Romanian Medical Society UK (www.smruk.org)  trying to promote art in all its forms to both doctors and members of the public. I have shown my paintings in 21 collective and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Check Exhibition section for further details.

Short summary:

I was born  in the heart of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca.  Any association between my name and Vlad the Impailer (a.k.a. DRACULA) or the county of Transylvania are circumstatial though this gives me some kind of a thrill factor

I started drawing and painting when I was 3 years of age  secondary to a squint that could not be surgically corrected.  Hundreds of hours of drawing and gesturing were spent to adjust my eye muscles to be able to have an almost normal sight, like you

By the age of 10 I was the pain in my educators’ neck as I drew human bones and skeletons anatomically correct all over the place (eg. table, blackboard, notepads, chairs). That represented my fascination towards the flawless of human body.

I graduated the medical school in 2006.  Although taugh and difficult to cope with I never let alone art and managed to do comissions, drawing studies and paintings.

I showed my works in 21 exhibitions at a national and international level

In 2008 I was elected chair of the Romanian Medical Society in the UK  Art and Culture Department also being of of the vice presidents of the society. I also started a cultural project that involves both medical and art professionals to promote real values through art and medicine across the UK.

Nov 2009,  His Excellency The Ambassador of Romania in the UK  saluted my initiative at the opening day of the SMRUK Art Exhibition assuring me for further support

March 2010, I enroled for the first time one of my oil portrets to the National Portrait Gallery, London.

In 2010 and 2011  I have been honored to be nominated to the Ambassador’s Diploma for Promoting Romania’s Image in the UK