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Waterfall On The Karakaya River. North Caucasus. Painting

Victor Chaika

Belarus

Painting, Watercolor on Paper

Size: 7.9 W x 10.9 H x 0 D in

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Technical Information: Paper: A4 for watercolor. 300 g/m2. Acid free. Russia Paints: St. Petersburg Watercolours ''White Nights'' Graphic tool: Ballpoint pen The main image of the painting was taken using a photo scanner Epson v370 with 600dpi density And now a little story: This picture was painted in the interval between the ascents of Elbrus along the North Slope. I had a few free days between groups, in which I was a guide to the summit. That season I brought materials and paints with me for work. I had watercolors, paper and various graphics tools. This viewpoint is located an hour's walk from our base camp. At this point, the Karakaya River falls into the Malka River with a huge cascading waterfall. When a new group of climbers arrives on the first walk, we descend to this waterfall directly from this point from which this picture was painted. It's very loud. In the morning it is small and transparent, but by the middle of the day, when the sun heats up the glaciers, it fills with turbid stormy waters and stones and flies down. I wanted to draw it. I just went and painted. Location coordinates: 43.441458 42.550366 Waterfall 43.442899 42.538382 (View point, Kayaeshik pass) Can you hear the noise? If it's hard to hear, you just need to go down below ...

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Painting:Watercolor on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:7.9 W x 10.9 H x 0 D in

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I was born in Belarus, in Minsk. Then I learned to walk. A little later I learned to dive to the depth with one breath. Then I got into the mountains and It became part of my home, as well as the depths of the seas and oceans. I started taking people to the mountains as a guide. I like to share with them the most that I have. Sometimes I teach someone to dive and together we enjoy the depth and beauty of the ocean. Then I learned to fly a paraglider, and the sky also became my home and necessity. Element. Wildlife. People. With whom we manage to share really big steps and dreams. Roads. Countries. Wild landscapes and adventures. I never thought what and how to draw or paint, and whether it is worth it. Since childhood. My art is the result of spontaneous living. This is not an end in itself. This is an irresistible consequence. I just draw and paint how I feel and need it. I don't want to be guided by styles and trends, become hostage to this or that technique or niche. I don’t want to look back at tradition, fashion and praise. I want to always remain honest with myself, people and Nature, the nature of everything. If, having felt and discovered something that shocked and delighted you, you can "keep silent", then don't start painting. But I can't... I use different tools and types of paint and materials. Depends on time, location and availability. I can arrive with a full oil painting backpack and climb high in the mountains or in the sands, or sit in the middle of a stormy sea trying to translate the rumble into color. But in jail, it might just be a pen and pencil. No matter. Oil, watercolor, acrylic, various graphic tools. I think that the main thing is not this, but what has become too much to stay inside you, and what you want to share with other people. And is it there. I consider it magic when it is possible to make the world common like this, at least in the space of the picture. But still, my Queen has always been and is - oil paints. When we once again rise to the top of a large mountain, and I am leading the group, there, behind the clouds, on the summit plateau, I let them go forward, I like to see how they reach that cherished point to which we worked so long and hard. And I think this is a great Victory when in them, in people, then there is something else, besides just a photo from the top. Up there, nothing remains of them, whatever they are. People. All unnecessary - flew away along the way.

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