MODERN TRADITIONS. AFRICA Print

Stretched canvas 65x40. Acrylic. Mixed media. A portrait of a woman inspired by nationalities and modern trends. The woman is dressed traditionally, but more modernized, in order to remind people that fashion and traditions should be combined and not completely abandon their history for the sake of the rules that "people for people" establish. A woman's face and body is beautiful in all its manifestations, colors, sizes and features. After all, a woman is an "eternal" muse for an artist. This is the first portrait from the cycle. Not so long ago I had the idea of ​​painting portraits of women, BUT not just women, but women of different nationalities. The idea came to me from a passing girl of exactly this type. I have always been inspired by women by their faces, their mannerisms, like any artist of all time. Women are age old muses. So, despite the fact that our developed society is moving towards equality, tolerance and every day we are getting closer to the "friendship of peoples", all the same, in some post-Soviet states one can observe a picture of poking an indecent finger , people do not European appearance. This problem still exists and it makes it sad. Such a small piece of my thoughts was the impetus for the idea of ​​a cycle of portraits of bright, so different, but in their own way beautiful women. Much of the symbolism is left behind by outfits and robes. Modernized, but not far removed from their traditional counterparts. All the same, individuality, dissimilarity is very important in a world where fashion dictates the same rules for all.