A Head of a Collector
А Head of a Collector - drawing. Size: 30 x 20 cm, oil and acrylic on 300lb Fabriano Artistico paper, Anton Terziev, 2019. Nicolai Nedelchev's portrait, Nicolai Nedelchev collection
Photo: © the artist. Never shown in public
Nikolay Nedelchev, founder and managing director of Publicis Groupe Bulgaria (part of the global Publicis One network), is rendered by Anton Terziev in a striking fusion of expressive realism and abstraction. A monochromatic palette of blues and grays, laid in raw impasto against a muted beige field, sculpts Nedelchev’s penetrating gaze and chisels his features into an almost spectral presence. Terziev’s stark chiaroscuro and textured brushwork transform the collector into a living metaphor for the existential tension of preservation, identity, and the passage of time.