The Shedding

– 8 may 2026

I spent 25 years making art for everyone.

For those who wanted a beautiful portrait.
For those who wanted something colorful above the couch.
For those who wanted to give a memorable gift.

I was available, flexible, grateful.

There’s nothing shameful in that. I learned enormously. I met extraordinary people. I paid bills.
But somewhere in those 25 years, I started painting a straw hat.
And I saw how light passes through the weave and redraws the face of the person underneath.

The same face. A different face.
Visible and invisible at the same time.

I didn’t know then that this would become my series.
I didn’t know it would become my obsession.
I didn’t know there was no other artist who had gone this deep into the same subject.

Now I know.
So I shed.

In the coming months, I’m letting go of the works that were “Mihai Nistor at everyone’s disposal.”
I’m not throwing them away — I’m offering them, through auction, to the people who want to carry them forward.

The starting price for every work in this campaign is 10 lei.
Not because they aren’t worth more.
But because I want the first criterion of selection to be desire, not budget.

And one single question for whoever wins: where will these works live?

What remains after the shedding is called TEMPERA-MENTAL.
And the series is called in(visible).

And I’m only just beginning.

This post ends in september 2026.
What follows is in the gallery.