Sunflower Field Painting

I've been a ballerina since I was seven years old. I have trained mostly in the Russian Vaganova style. This type of ballet although it is very strenuous and technically challenging, it's meant to look fluid and effortless. These qualities translate into the way that I paint. My work emphasizes the tensions implicit in combining the human mind and the world it perceives. What is underneath the surface is how I see the world. I want to make visible what is invisible. I intend to narrate my feelings and thoughts through painting. Everything in my artwork has personal meaning, whether it is something someone gave me or an object or place that moved or affected me. I respond to the world around me tiehr through the figure, object, place, or a combination of the three. It is through my own perception or the way I see the world, that determines how it is aesthetically depicted through color and forms. I want to convey the feelings that I felt when I was at a specific place, with someone, or pertaining to an object of mine. Though I write in a journal daily, painting is a much more vivid way of preserving my emotions. My memories are more solidified when I physically interpret them through paint. Though my paintings are wordless, each piece represents a significant experience. One can draw their own interpretation of how the colors and the forms influence their feelings, or if they can connect. Formalism has a place in my work through the technical decisions that I make, such as color, lines and shapes. I want the viewer to rhythmically flow through my paintings like a dance. I intend for my color palette to depict the emotions I felt from that experience. Whether the emotions are positive or negative my palette is meant to have a harmonious output that entices the eye of the viewer. My brushstrokes reference from the way I draw, and the way I draw references from the way I dance: with intention and affection. I paint what I feel most connected to emotionally. Every painting tells a story from my life and creates an opportunity for viewers to experience my perception, as well as find similarities in their own lives.