Florica Ionescu

Ion — a gentle soul, of a noble discretion, wise, burning within, the walls of his heart lit by the masterly dances of the flames of love and inspiration. Industrious, in love with life, with the rays springing from the Universe of the Good and the Beautiful.

God's grace poured over him from the very beginning, from when he came into the world like a spring thirsting for light. He toiled and ardently cultivated the talents he had received; his soul vibrated with emotion and joy in the moments when he was forging that pictorial universe, unique and unmistakable, that belonged to him alone. He saw and passed beyond seeing; he admired and managed to immortalize with finesse the ineffable meanings and structures of the world he admired.

Ion was a humble mountain. An ascetic rejoicing in God's grace — working, keeping silent, offering his thanksgiving through his wonderful artistic creations.