Natalia Kukunet Dolgova

Natalia was born in the deep wild place in Siberia,close to the Bering street.Native people name her as KUKUNET.
Natalia Dolgova was born in Siberia in 1968 and trained as an artist in Magadan and then at the V.I. Mukhina Academy of Art in St. Petersburg. She has lived and worked in Denmark and now lives and works in the picturesque village of Netherthong in the Pennines of Yorkshire. She paints in both oils and watercolours to bring to life stories, legends and personalities from the places she lives. She uses a variety of techniques including Batik and the combination of different pigments to add depth and light to her compositions.

Natalia's latest series of paintings returns to the myths and legends of her own (European) culture. She continues (as in her previous work) to preserve oral culture, stories and myths in her paintings. In each case she bases her paintings on a powerful character - some from the myths and legends we all know and others are spirits and goddesses from the landscape around her.

Her most recent work harks back to the pre-Christian era when every feature in the landscape was ruled by its own deity. In the modern world we pass these natural phenomena by without thought or appreciation. Natalia's wor...

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