I first intended “Falling Skies” to be a small series of works. Later, it outgrew my expectations by becoming dozens of sketches of clouds, colored spots, vertical and horizontal lines in the sky — together, they formed a narrative. In this story, I was rethinking the concept of “emptiness,” consciously stepping away from depicting reality; I started looking for forms where there are no forms. I deliberately take the clouds apart piece by piece, tear the line of sunset and break down the air into small particles — thus, I question the very need for landscape integrity and the classical approach to painting.