Horea Paștina

Horea Paștina is a Romanian painter whose work is closely associated with a contemplative and spiritual approach to painting. A central figure of the Prolog Group, founded in the 1980s, Paștina’s artistic practice emphasizes silence, restraint, and the essential nature of the image.

His painting is characterized by reduced chromatic ranges, subtle tonal variations, and recurring motifs drawn from nature and everyday objects—gardens, trees, windows, vessels—transformed into symbols of inner balance and meditation. Rather than representation, his work seeks presence, cultivating a space of calm reflection and attentive looking.

Horea Paștina studied at the Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest and has exhibited extensively in Romania and internationally. His works are included in major public and private collections, and his artistic discourse has had a lasting influence on contemporary Romanian painting.

Within the context of Pavot, Horea Paștina’s work resonates with themes of interiority, ritual, and material simplicity, aligning painting with a quiet, enduring form of meaning.