In the Hall of the Mountain King Painting

"Marina Viatkina works in oils and acrylics to abstractly convey moments of beauty in the world around her, whether they come from music, literature or nature". AFAR.COM, Artists & Galleries to see at Art Santa Fe 2016 “Man never dies nor is he ever born”- an old Indian wisdom teaches us. Every atom of all things just flows from one form to another. Nothing on Earth is born anew – everything has already been here before us and will be there many more times again. It resembles the movement of a wheel. Physics and energy conservation principle. That means, that we dot not create anything from scratch. I am an artist. But what does that mean? Looks like I make paintings that never existed before. That means I am the creator, the author? But this could be fair to the same extent, as we could believe that out of seven notes every composer writes the music never heard before or a writer uses letters and words to depict absolutely original stories of lives. Nothing is brand new – it’s either water under the bridge or is still ahead. Before, with or without us. But that is the charm and unbeatable force of these compositions – they make some pieces of our soul to respond consciously or instinctively to their call. To capture the spirit of the moment, ephemeral glimpse of beauty, flashing impulse of energy and reflect it on canvas for at least a short period of our lifetime and thus let others feel and relish this elusive essence of our existence – this is how I see my artist destiny.