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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 23.6 W x 19.7 H x 0.8 D in
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"Leda" 2021 oil, canvas (linen), cold wax, 50x60cm/ 19.6 x23.6 inches I was inspired by the mythology story "Leda and the Swan". Leda and the Swan is a story from Greek mythology in which Zeus seduces or rapes Leda. Leda, wife of Tyndareus, was admired by Zeus who falls in love with her and rapes her in the guise of a swan. The same night Leda also lay with her own husband Tyndareus, resulting in two eggs from which hatched Pollux and Helen (later known as the beautiful Helen of Troy), children of Zeus; and Castor and Clytemnestra, children of Tyndareus. This subject has been enormously popular in ancient art and post-classical arts. It is also the subject of William Butler Yeats’ poem Leda and the Swan. Leda and the Swan W. B. Yeats - 1865-1939 A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs? And how can body, laid in that white rush, But feel the strange heart beating where it lies? A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall, the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead. Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air, Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop? Signed on the front and back. The painting can be hung without a frame. Thank you for your interest hope you like it!
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:23.6 W x 19.7 H x 0.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Valentina Gaychuk, I'm a professional artist, art teacher, and mother of four sons. I am a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, I actively draw and teach in my own art studio. I paint contrasting, textured oil paintings and thin, poetic monotypes. Art expands the boundaries of visible space, allows us to traverse to any place and time that we visited or crave to visit. That’s what I aspire to in my works. Painting in my small and cramped studio, I expand the space with my imagination and immerse into another world. The brighter the painting is - the stronger the emotions that I experienced. The essence of my artworks is not realism, but the depth of our feelings and memories. In the creating process, I like to feel the energy of various materials: to mix and explore their nature of the interaction, therefore my favorite artistic tool palette knives and oil with cold wax. I like to start each painting as if it were something new, guided by my intuition, often guided by color first, I start work spontaneously, depending on the place and moment in which I am. I want to show the beauty that I see in my daily life, which sometimes connected to nostalgia. My daily life, my family. I have four sons, who are often inspire me, as well as the place where I live; landscapes and places where I have been; photographs that I have seen or taken; emotions that I experienced. I attempt to pass pain and joy through my heart and express it all with my artworks. What I really value in art is the opportunity to reflect on canvas or carton something that touches one deeply in a free and sincere way. I want everyone to see how beautiful the world is. As people say, art is a mutual meditation with God. That’s what people write about my works: “I want to look and get bright impressions and emotions. This is what happens when I look at your work. They stop and communicate with me, and I think with everyone! ”
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