Considering the 17th century as the golden age of modern painting, Krikor Bédikian had to remain aloof in order to assure the survival of traditional painting skills in his work. He was thus equipped to bear witness to his vision of the 20th century. All his linen canvases he prepared himself and he mastered the science of colours - made to last for eternity without taking a wrinkle, as he used to say - in order to prevent his painting from ever cracking or scaling.

He is perhaps the only painter in our times to have practised this philosophy throughout his life, so much it seemed vital to him.

Moved by the quality of the light or colour, he would generally draw several sketches of the project he had in mind. Other times he simply scribbled a few notes on a scrap of paper. Following these initial drawings, on the day after, he would paint in situ (he seldom painted in his studio) directly. To mark the canvas he loaded his brush with thick but still fluid paint. His brushstroke was broad, generous, powerful and precise, and he rapidly applied the paint to the paint surface with a free and spontaneous hand. In this way he was able to paint any subject with an equal liberty: portraits, people working, landscapes, the circus, still lifes, as well as animals and townscapes, even his beloved Venice.