Original artwork description:

“The Hidden Angel of the First Light”
In “The Hidden Angel of the First Light” (140 x 140 cm), part of the visionary cycle “The Wonderful Morning Dreams of Alice”, Ovidiu Kloska deepens his exploration of liminal states between dream and awakening, forging a pictorial territory where matter and light fuse into a metaphysical landscape. This ongoing series, developed through recent years, has revealed itself as a diary of inner voyages, a fluid cartography of reverie that dissolves distinctions between the intimate and the cosmic, between remembrance and invention.
Here, the surface breathes with an enigmatic pulse. Vast fields of indigo and violet dissolve into textures of translucence, while radiant outbursts of turquoise, magenta, and crystalline white cut through the shadows like sparks of consciousness igniting at the edge of sleep. It is as though the viewer has been invited to witness the precise moment when a dream crystallizes into image, fragile yet luminous, hovering between recognition and disappearance.
Hidden within this oceanic field of shifting energies, one perceives the spectral contour of a winged presence—an angel not revealed in literal form, but whispered into existence through the orchestration of flowing gestures, veiled silhouettes, and the arc of radiant strokes. This angelic apparition, half-flight, half-memory, emerges as both protector and messenger, a luminous cipher moving within the labyrinth of Alice’s dawn. The angel here is not a fixed figure but a state of being, a fleeting constellation of energy that binds together light and darkness, hope and mystery.
As in the preceding works of “The Wonderful Morning Dreams of Alice”, the painting resists narrative closure, instead presenting itself as a manuscript of the subconscious—a dream-text inscribed with molecular constellations, delicate patterns, and hidden alphabets of texture. Yet this canvas advances the dialogue further: the angelic shape hints at transcendence, offering not merely a dream-fragment but a metaphysical companion for the journey.
Within the frame of contemporary aesthetics, the work positions itself as both timeless and timely. Its atmospheric luminosities and layered veils resonate with post-digital sensibilities of flux, flicker, and dissolution, while simultaneously reclaiming the slowness and depth of traditional painterly gesture. In a world of surfaces, Kloska insists on the importance of the invisible, of the secret forms that live beneath appearances.
Thus, “The Hidden Angel of the First Light” reveals itself as more than a painting. It is a threshold: a place where dawn dreams unfold like wings, where silence becomes music, and where the hidden angel of imagination guides us through the labyrinth of wonder.

Ovidiu Kloska – The Artist Who Reveals the Boundaries of the Unseen

Biography and Education
Ovidiu Kloska (b. 1977, Roman, Romania) is a Romanian visual artist recognized internationally for his profound, visionary, and symbolically rich artistic universe. His educational background is as unique as his art: he first graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași (2000), then shifted his focus entirely to visual arts, completing both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree at the “George Enescu” National University of Arts in Iași (2013–2016).

Artistic Vision
Ovidiu Kloska’s work transcends form and matter, functioning as a visual meditation on the mystery of existence. His art explores spirituality, dreams, the subconscious, delirium, transformation, and transcendence. Through a rich palette, deep textures, and refined symbolism, he creates portals to mystical, unseen realms — alternate dimensions filled with silence, poetry, and inner tremors.

“Uniqueness begins with the very capacity of inventing a universe out of things shattered by time,” Kloska declares — a belief that resonates through every brushstroke. His paintings become emotional and spiritual landscapes, merging abstract expression with intuitive ritual.

Recognition and Global Reach
– Over 2,000 of his artworks are part of private collections worldwide, including Europe, the USA, Asia, and the Middle East
– In 2023, he was awarded “Artist of the Year” on the prestigious international art platform Singulart (Paris), selected among more than 10,000 artists globally
– Member of the Romanian Union of Professional Artists (UAP)

Selected Exhibitions

Alone to the Invisible Touch, “Nicolae Mantu” Art Galleries, Galați, Romania (2015)

Memory Mark, Focșani, Romania (2009) – a concept show on memory and the aesthetics of the urban human

Espace Cotos Art Gallery, Saint Tropez, France (2007) – personal exhibition invited by French painter Georges Cotos

RomanArt Gallery, Roman, Romania (2019) – exhibition in his hometown

Artist Statement
"My visual universe is an alchemy between dream and matter, between what can be touched and what can only be intuited. I constantly seek that poetic tension between chaos and order, between darkness and light.

In my recent series Between the Black and Divine, I dive even deeper into this liminal space — a place where the absence of light becomes sacred, and the void itself begins to whisper. Black is not just color or shadow; it is a presence, a cosmic silence from which all forms emerge and dissolve. It holds within it memory, trauma, rebirth, but also the magnetic pull of the divine unknown.

I am drawn to surfaces marked by time — rusted metal, peeling walls, tree bark — textures that carry stories and spiritual residue. They speak to me, not in words, but in vibrations, in a language older than language. I collect these fragments of the world’s decay and translate them into my own visual grammar.

There is no separation between the physical and the spiritual in my art. The gesture becomes prayer, the pigment becomes energy, and the canvas transforms into a threshold. I am not painting objects. I am revealing frequencies — fields of tension between the seen and the unseen, between noise and silence, between the wound and the transcendence it can become.

To me, painting is an act of spiritual decoding — a ritual of opening the invisible into form, of letting the subconscious and the sacred collide. Each artwork is not just a finished piece, but a living process, a moment of surrender, and an invitation to the viewer to enter a space of contemplation, mystery, and transformation."

Materials used:

acrylics and spray paints on canvas varnished

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