Colorful abstractions

Tsvetomir Iliev, born in Bulgaria in 1982, is an emerging artist whose work captures the beauty in the hidden complexity of nature. His fascination with art began by chance in 2010 when he first started experimenting with small pieces of fallen tree bark. He found it incredibly interesting with a great potential for composing organic, nearly three-dimensional acrylic paintings. Since then, through continuous exploration and persistent effort, art became his real passion. A self-taught artist, he slowly made his first steps in the art world in the last few years and is now passionately exploring galleries, reading the history of art and learning new techniques. Tsvetomir has completed the course at The Working Artist online business school for creative professionals. In 2018 he became a member of The Abundant Artists Association. His art has already inspired the curiosity of a few private collectors in Europe and The US who now own some of his works. His paintings have been displayed in 5 solo exhibitions and various group exhibitions, small galleries and art fairs. Two of his later paintings “Ascension”(2014) and “The Milky Way 2”(2016) made second-round of judging for the prestigious Summer Exhibition at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Currently, Tsvetomir is exploring the water marbling painting medium. In his explorations, he discovered a flaw in one of the colours, which led to the formation of new forms and patterns that are not common in water marbling. He was able to adjust and adapt the new patterns into new designs, which are similar to the plants cells forms that can be observed under microscope. Now, he is developing a new body of work exploring the very changeable nature of floating colours on water surface. His objective is to grasp their beauty, majesty and playfulness reflected in the unique designs formed on the water surface, and capture them in a plant cells series of paintings.