Four seasons. Summer Print

Everything in the world is cyclical. Day turns to night, winter to spring, spring to summer, summer imperceptibly turns to autumn... after life comes death, but only as one of the stages, so that life can come again later.... This series of four works with the seasons in Ukraine is a reflection on the theme of life and death. After all, as with the arrival of spring after winter comes new life, nature revives and gives hope for the future. Even in today's war between Russia against Ukraine, one wants to believe that it will all pass, it will end like a terrible dream. As trees come to life after winter cold and clothe themselves in bright green leaves, so peace and love will appear in human souls. The world is so beautiful, nature is so rich in beauty that sometimes you don't understand how there can be hatred and death in the midst of such beauty. The works are made in a special author technique of paste-like application of paints, which is called “action painting”. Oil paints are diluted to the desired consistency so that it is possible to apply paint to the canvas with the fingers from a certain distance. Brushes were almost never used in the work. Only in some cases where it was necessary to draw thin lines of trees. The paintings consist of many small paint spots of different shades, which from a distance look like a single colored mass. This method allows you to splash all your energy on the canvas with active hand movements, even blows. And the whole drawing process sometimes looks like a dance or some magical ritual. The creation process took a lot of time because the paintings consist of many layers of paint, and in order to apply the next layer, you have to wait until the previous one dries. The paintings look very stylish and fit perfectly into a modern interior. Unfortunately, the photo camera cannot convey all the richness of colors and shades of these paintings. In person, they look even better and more elegant.