 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.