Frozen trees are covered with ice Print

I went to consecrate water at the Epiphany in January at the source of St. Nicholas in Gilcha, Rivne region, Ukraine. Then the trees were covered with ice and it was very slippery. It was the first day when the frost hit that year and everything was covered with ice. I was inspired by the atmosphere of the day when people gathered holy water and bathed in a cold spring. New media technique - slime paint. The artwork is a volume with bas-relief on the surface, with spiral circles on the surface of the canvas, this texture creates a special and dynamic effect, this texture hypnotize the observer to the world of paintings, helps convey the touches to nature. In my abstract paintings, I always depict a real landscape, a place where I personally visited and saw everything with my own eyes, my impressions of what I saw. The point is to convey the impression of the state of nature in abstract forms because it most reveals the feeling and perception of the moment I want to convey to the viewer and makes it unique. First I take photos to then clearly remember my feelings from what I saw. Photos are needed so as not to forget anything because the picture is created in a few weeks and months. Then on a canvas with bas-relief and spiral cones, I recreate the landscape using slime paint. The colors of the landscape are always real, and the shape is always abstract. I apply paint strokes with my hands, and depending on the mood of nature, the strokes can be of different shapes and directions. Why is there a bas-relief on my paintings? I understood the need to use the bas-relief intuitively, and then realized that it helps to visualize the motif which I want to convey and deepen the observer into the world of painting, so the shape of the bas-relief is spiral, it seems mesmerizing, sensory and helps the observer to touch the the artwork on an imaginary level.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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