""Airness" oil, 70x50 cm" Painting

Nataliia Novakovska is a Ukrainian self-taught artist whose journey into art began after a successful professional career in economics, law, and banking. In adulthood, she made the courageous decision to change her life path and dedicate herself to painting, developing her artistic skills through independent study, online courses, and workshops led by professional artists.
Working with oil, acrylic, stained-glass paints, and mixed media, Nataliia continuously explores new creative possibilities. Her artworks often incorporate textured elements such as modeling paste, decorative stones, beads, and gold or silver leaf, creating richly tactile surfaces that invite viewers to experience not only the visual image but also its material presence. In recent years, she has developed a distinctive textured painting technique inspired by the appearance of embroidery and handcraft traditions.
Nature, flowers, light, memories, and emotional connections are recurring themes in her work. Nataliia seeks to capture beauty, warmth, and a sense of wonder while combining traditional painting methods with experimental materials and contemporary artistic approaches.
The experience of displacement following the war in Ukraine has also influenced her artistic perspective. Living and working in Germany, she continues to build her creative practice while balancing her roles as an artist, wife, and mother of three sons. These life experiences bring resilience, gratitude, and emotional depth to her art.