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Pancho Malezanov

I was born in 1964

I started painting seriously at age15. This is the time when I was accepted into the School for Applied Arts in my hometown Sofia.

I couldn’t imagine working anything else. For me, painting has been always my “call”. In my teenage years I was strongly influenced by Bulgarian artist – Greddy Assa. Hundertwasser’s works also inspired me a lot.

My first paintings were mostly abstract landscapes. I painted with oil and pastel. This “period” continued about 5 years. For me, nature is large part of my inner peace; therefore painting nature brought out my “self”.

I would dare to call my landscapes “flying landscapes”. Hence, I see most images in my head from “above”, or from a “bird’s” point of view. This approach characterizes the majority of my landscape works.

I do my best in my work when I feel the presence of love. For me, the presence and the inspiration of the loved one plays important role.

Later, my work “evolved” with painting still nature, birds, animals, and some particular “machineries”: laptops, airplanes, boats, and submarines. I had a special vision on how to include those objects in my paintings.

Music, and most particularly jazz, play very important role in my life and in my work. Jazz gives me a lot, so I feel obligated to “give back” to jazz through my paintings.

I also work on graphic design. My logos can be seen on major ads. I designed the logo for the largest sports newspaper in Bulgaria.