I'm an artist from Melbourne, Australia, of mixed Irish, English, Ukrainian, Russian and Polish descent. I paint and draw and create abstract animation. I enjoy art, literature, philosophy and nature, specially wildlife. I'm easy going and enjoy all kinds of company. Non smoker and non drinker (socially at times).

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's the most interesting way of travelling, getting to know people who live where you're going. Making friends and expanding horizons. What's not to like?

Interests

Art, art and art. Nature, literature, music from classical to almost anything. The environment, biology.

• wildlife
• arts
• literature
• environment
• meditation
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• music
• animation
• art history
• biology
• history

Music, Movies, and Books

Ozu. Herzog. Tarkovsky. Bresson. Cohen Brothers. Russian literature. Bulgakov, Platonov. Kafka. Robert Walser. Bashevis Singer. George Eliot. Dickens. John Cowper Powys. Japanese literature in translation. Poetry: Chaucer to Yeats and beyond. Literary sci-fi: Lem, Strugatsky's, Atwood, Le Guin, Disch, Crowley, etc. All kinds of music, but I love Bach and Bartok, Early music, Jazz, Nina Simone, popular, Eno, Scott Walker, folk. Any music with integrity and soul.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've painted since I was 14 and have never stopped.
I create abstract animation that is akin in its effects to powerful visual meditation and will be used in hospitals soon.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: art and literature
Learn: I never stop learning and there's no substitute from learning directly from people
Share: good conversation, art, gallery going

What I Can Share with Hosts

Love good, wide-ranging conversation. I'm very well versed in art and art history. Well read in all kinds of things but not opinionated (except a little in art but being an artist, impossible not to be!). Have no problem with people thinking in different ways from me. Makes the world more interesting.

Countries I’ve Visited

China, Estonia, India, Italy, Russian Federation

Countries I’ve Lived In

China