NEW BAG

Sometimes I come up with artworks as if I were making a movie. That is, I see my characters, I understand them, but I tell my visual story in one frame. Since this is a painting, it has its own laws: to collect all the time in an instant and find such an image so that the viewer himself can imagine all the possible options for the development of the plot. Honestly, I can’t remember what exactly this painting was brought to life. Or did this female character just ask me on canvas? And why is she holding this bag? She probably works or she has her own business. There is a certain intimacy in this gesture. Elegantly dressed young woman in a hat sits holding bag with both hands. What is she waiting for? The artwork is painted by imagination. In connection with it, many beautiful associations appear, including personal ones. I painted this artwork, trying to find the personal touch of the character through movement, gesture, color, clothes. Here, as in many of my paintings, the influence of the style of the 30s is noticeable: a clear line, local color relationships, even the character and clothes of the models remind that time. The painting was done in combination of shades of noble grey, white and old red with ocher by palette knife and brush.

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