

Kamon - a continuos fountain of inspiration
The term "Kamon" refers to a crest used in Japan to indicate one's origins; that is, one's family lineage, blood line, ancestry and status from ancient times. It is also referred to simply as “Mondokoro” or “Mon”. It is said that there are more than 20,000 distinct individual Kamon in Japan. Kamon is a unique culture and tradition you can find only in Japan. It can be said that Kamon is an example of Japan's own culture which has been in use up to the present day. A Kamon was


Influenced by the past generations
When are you going the next time to holiday ? Try to imagine how the city would look like without its old centre, without its faded images on the walls where you can almost read its history and imagine all the generation that passed by . Imagine how our life would be without all the art and history we heritage from the generations that passed on Earth before us. I am a person that like the present moment or the future, I like to have a vision, a plan , desires to fulfill, so


Trying to be perfect?
Some time ago I wanted to write a book about my life. At that time I thought that it is important, at least for me . I was living in Spain for 10 years, speaking and writing spanish better then my mother tongue, which is romanian, so I started to write in spanish. But after a while I become fully aware that the act of writing was for me like a medicine. I did't wanted to write a book , I wanted to get better because I was depressed and writing was like telling to a friend wh


About my work and what inspires me
About my artwork I paint with my hands but my feelings, emotions and my intuition are in charge; the hand is just a tool. I never know how a paining is going to look like in the end. It is always a surprise to me. All I am doing is to stay as much as possible in a meditative, no-thought, neutral state of mind and let the intuition do the work, pick the right color, move the canvas, stroke the brush in the right direction. It is all about a magic dance between how I feel in


ANA PAZ - the artist
ANAPAZ -I am a visual artist- painter, a pattern designer and a craft worker.