One night, about 35 years ago I made the decision to become an artist. To make sure I would go through with it, I made a bet with my friend. It took three years to win the bet.
At around the same time I made another decision that also found assertion in a bet: that by the age of 57 I will have shaped my body to look like an antique sculpture...my body will have sculpted into a piece of art, resembling antique ideals of beauty - an imaginary Achilles, not Heracles, since in my opinion true beauty is expressed in slim muscularity and the harmony of normal bodily proportions. To achieve this goal I set up for myself a device "A better body with every passing year". And today, at the age of 59, I can declare, that thanks to my commitment and decades of devotion, I am in the best shape of my life. My body is more attractive, stronger and healthier than ever before! I am sure, that I can say the same at 63 years of age, perhaps even at 70. - The opportunities of improving one's appearance do not diminish that rapidly.
So it appears that although I myself have been destined to shape the male body, I feel THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY IS STILL EMBODIED IN FEMALE BODY SHAPES. - And this ethereal utmost beauty is what I try to reproduce in my paintings. Look www.renekari.com