Baiterek Painting

The painting is divided into three parts: the sky; the flora; the ground, transforming into a colorful embroidered carpet. I wanted to combine these parts in such way that it would avoid looking fractional. Therefore I had the idea to disguise it into carpet or a blanket (kaz. kilem/ kórpe) under the vegetation and the poppies. The center of the painting is dominates by a solitary tree. It is the binder and central point of the entire composition. Baiterek (tree of life) is a mythical tree in the Turkic world. Despite its mythological aspect, I’ve decided to depict it in this particular work, in the center, where it supports the sky with its crown, and holds the earth with its roots.