Roman Pastucha shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Roman, so good to connect and we’re excited to share your story and insights with our audience. There’s a ton to learn from your story, but let’s start with a warm up before we get into the heart of the interview. What do you think is misunderstood about your business?
As a ‘creative’ many, even other artists fail to implement ‘neo-renaissance’ thinking. Limiting one’s self. The realm that as a ‘creative’ you have a multitude of techniques, methods, mediums and disciplines you can employ if not master. One’s visual communication should not be limited to one discipline in the arts. Virtual or actual. Draw, paint, sculpt, design in digital and actual. If you don’t know how to do something learn to.
Imagine if a ‘brand marketer’ told Leonardo Da Vinci it’s too hard for people to grasp within seconds his ‘social media presence’, If he was told to limit his resume, chose only one of your disciplines; drawing, exploring science, painting, designing armaments, flight tech, city planning, anatomy. how limiting.
It’s up to ‘creatives’ to expand the understanding of viewers or clients of what a ‘creative’ can be, that you are ‘the measure of all things’.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
As a ‘creative’ (I find the term ‘artist’ somewhat limited in the common nomenclature) I have had a path out of necessity that took ande taught many tangents and techniques along the route. From airbrushing motorcyle tanks and cars to pay for college to works on canvas. Since art is so multipurposed going from the gallery scene to film production and designing apparel and watches, themed entertainment and museum exhibit design, it’s all related. Techniques I learned in the autobody shop early on I used in the film ‘TITANIC’. Learning Old Masters traditional techiques and painting large scale works expanded into projects like ‘The Venitian Casino’. Delving into the area of clothing lead to teaching at The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.
The continuum of creativity led to designing museum, exhibit and themed entertainment projects. At the moment I am desiging an enclosed habitat for a pair of Russian Tortoises that went into orbit and back to earth for scientific purposes. Who would have guessed that when I was painting gas tanks at 16.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What’s a moment that really shaped how you see the world?
Several years ago I survived severe third degree burns. My ‘natural’ drawing hand, my right hand suffered a ‘de-gloving’ as it is referred to. the skin was removed. The burn unit at University California Irvine (UCI) did a remarkable job saving the thumb from amputation. Nonetheless I had to train my left hand to draw and paint. Mentally recording the process exposed much. That for an artist the hand is simply instrument but the real asset of the artist is their eyes, the power of observation. Da Vinci solidified that years ago but it really was made apparent to me through this crisis.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
Referring back to the handburn, a sense of time was contemplated far more throughly through suffering than success provided.
I think suffering forges wisdom. It’s authentic, sincere. Something you just can’t cheat, fake. it come’s with the territory.
You can learn knowledge but wisdom has to be earned.
Alright, so if you are open to it, let’s explore some philosophical questions that touch on your values and worldview. What do you believe is true but cannot prove?
Intuition. And following it.
That gutteral sense, and not ‘feelings’ per say but a ‘sense’. Einstien is to have remarked that ‘EQ’ is more valuable than ‘IQ’. That imagination is more important than knowledge.
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. Are you tap dancing to work? Have you been that level of excited at any point in your career? If so, please tell us about those days.
There is a mojo when you are in creative ‘flow’ its definitely a ‘zone’. Athletes get it, musicians, performers. You can’t buy that drug, and it is a high. When planning a project and after all the ‘prep dancing’ finally comes to fruition and its physically racing to the finish line well there is a sense of achievment, creation, visibility.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://romancreative.wixsite.com/romanartist
- Instagram: studioroman
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ronpastucha
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