Like water on a hot day
Oil · 2015 497 views
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This lush, vibrant still-life is a memory of summer afternoons, lazy dreaming and hiding in the shade. The heavy, luxurious sunflowers are painted with thick brushstrokes, full of texture and colour. The skies are brimming with expected rain. I always mix my colours in daylight, creating my own palette before starting the painting. Using high-quality natural canvas of my own preparation as a surface I then go on to explore such wonders as the difference in the colour of shadows cast by different objects or the smooth surface of glass compared to the texture of flowers and clouds.
My interest lies in a contemporary interpretation of a classical genre of figurative and still-life painting. I am interested in painting as a way to translate subtle differences between light and shade, indoors and outdoors; to create atmospheric arrangements reminiscent of leisurely summer afternoons and moody contemplative evenings. The paintings, inspired by the aesthetics of Modiliani and Egyptian frescoes, are made on a strong canvas that I stretch and prime in my own technique as well as highest-quality oil paints. I am a classically trained painter, graduated from the prestigious Painting Faculty of the Kiev State Academy of Fine Arts to continue my creative practice in Czech Republic. While keeping up a regular exhibition activity in Czech Republic and internationally, including shows in Germany, Spain, France, Belgium and Switzerland, I find my creative base in my airy studio in Prague, which I share with my partner and my two dogs.
Lubosh Valenta
Interart Gallery Gor
