Julia Weyss, what are you working on now? What are your plans for the future?

Wondering about the painting on my new unfinished canvas of the ocean view, I think to myself what will this mean? Of course many painters would say you must paint what you know will happen at the end. But do I? No, for I’m ever planning anything. Planning may be incomprehensible or impossible to me–especially for anything creative. What shape am I trying to build? Too many thoughts come together and scatter quickly, so how can it all make sense if I need order? It has not yet shown itself here before my eyes–however waiting is not always easy nor very rewarding.
Many months have passed since coming here–nothing meaningful or inspiring has happened with no success. Yet there still remains something…

This is a very complex process that requires a lot of motional and mental stress, pressure or tension exerted physically and mentally, as well as the costs of physical strength. It’s best to just let creativity happen naturally rather than force it from the beginning.

Do you think the audience need to explain the meaning of a painting?

One of my favorite movie directors David Lynch, in every possible way avoids interpreting his works, says that art cannot be told in words. I agree with him. For the most part, creativity cannot be expressed in words. This is at the level of feelings and perception. This already depends on the spirituality of the viewer, as far as they are ready to perceive what he has seen.

Can you lose interest in creativity?

Your family and friends are in no way connected with art, as you are to did they come to this? How do they now relate to what you are doing?

I think I was born with the need to create. Since childhood I’ve loved the phenomena of the physical world collectively,

including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features of this world.

Nature and animals remained alone with itself and with its world. Routine and monotony always depressed me.

At the age of 26, I have decided to seriously tackle creativity.

At age 27 I entered the Art and Graphic Department in State University studying painting and graphic design.

The first years of my life were very much supported by my mother. When I wrote with watercolor, she brought me flowers,

beautiful glass, and ceramic vessels. Such moments are very valuable and will always be remembered forever.

Memories like these cause a a feeling of joy to the quality of being thankful.

 My Dad was always proud of me. My  Brother supports and believes in me, and for my sister, she believes that there is nothing more beautiful than my paintings.

Of course, my husband Viktor Weyss played a big role. We met for the first time during my senior year in college.

At that time he had been an accomplished artist, with great experience not only in painting, but also

in graphics, sculpting, and temple painting. After graduation, he became my mentor and like-minded person.

My daughter Margarita was a perfect example.

They all, in fact, were all involved and play a major role in my artwork.

Which artist can you call your teachers?

In fact, for me, all artists are teachers. Starting with artists that made cave rock art and ending with the living now.

Of course, these are poets, writers, composers and directors.

You can also learn a lot from children.

What do you do besides creative work?

I teach fine arts to children at an art school.

Since I am a family woman, I cook. But from this, I come up with many creative ideas.

I try the recipes of different cuisines of the world. I also come up with my own.

But of course, when you cook bread and mix it, several times you knead it and

bake, it’s akin to the creative process. When you take the bread out of oven,

it smells and crackles in your hands. That’s the real happiness.

– BY BECKY