 The next few years he focused on painting, with an eye toward a large exhibition; he paid study visits to Bazna, Buziaş and Covasna.In 1979, he participated again in the City of Bucharest salon for the creative arts at Gallery Dalles, after which he had a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery of the City of Bucharest ("Galeriile de Artă ale Municipiului Bucureşti").The foreword to the exhibition catalogue was, again, but Dan Grigorescu, who also delivered a speech to open the exhibition.