As a painter, Alexander Dik is first a craftsman with a variety of techniques. He brushes, he spatula, he throws the colors on the ground in the drippling process. Sometimes the colors protrude from the picture like mountainous folds, as in his painting called “Pirate Ship “, which is created by using parchment paper. Alexander Dik likes to choose themes from historical contexts, such as the outbreak of the First World War in July 1914 or the beginning of the Russian campaign of the German Wehrmacht in June 1941.