Mihai Nechita-Burculet (born 5 February 1949, Sarca, Romania) is a Romanian painter. He studied Plastic Arts at the Art Academy of Iaşi, History of Arts at the Nicolae Grigorescu Art Academy of Bucharest. His professors include: Dan Hatmanu, Dimitrie Gavrilean, and Victor Mihailescu-Craiu. Since 1977 he is active as a drawing and art history teacher in Târgu Ocna, Bacǎu. Influences Mihai Nechita's art may be defined as one harmonic combination of surrealism, humour and deep feelings. The Universal painting - the basis of composition and colours from the 17th-18th century: Spanish School (Velasquez, Zurbarán), the Flamand School (Rembrandt), the Holland School (Vermeer) The 20th century, subconscious research - Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Victor Brauner, Tristan Tzara Romanian painting influences seen in the specific elements of Corneliu Baba, Victor Mihailescu-Craiu, Dan Hatmanu The Orthodox influence: there is a visible connection between Mihai Nechita and the Orthodox religion. The painter also makes religious paintings inspired from the Byzantine art. Since childhood, the painter Mihai Nechita-Burculet has shown a high interest in landscapes and the surroundings of his natal village, whose colours and shapes can be noticed even in his later paintings. The most important period of time from the artistic development point of view were the years spent next to the painter Victor Mihailescu-Craiu, one of the greatest Romanian peisagists. Craiu represented the first and the most important mentor professor next to whom Mihai Nechita discovered the secrets of colours and composition and the deep love for painting. The technique he uses is the one of classic oil on canvas. The compositional harmony and colour harmony follow the rules of classic composition. His paintings are very detailed both in concept and technical part. He makes the frames himself, those being part of the painting. There have also been times when he used to prepare the colours and other special products following the old customs. Directions/Tendencies/Themes The work of Mihai Nechita-Burculet is based on the Byzantine and Romanian traditional elements and tends to universality. Most of his paintings are surrealists created in a realist technique. His painting shows his own image of the surrounding world. Many of his paintings show connections with his natal village through landscapes, colours, houses, but also through the objects he used in different compositions. A preferred theme is the one of human attitude but also the fake treated with light irony, shortly the theatre of our world. The