Tasya Vasilkova

Soup, 100x120cm, oil on canvas

Soup, 100x120cm, oil on canvas

Frozen, 100x90cm, oil on canvas The work is sold without a frame.

Frozen, 100x90cm, oil on canvas The work is sold without a frame.

Air, 130x100cm, oil on canvas

MARTA GEBALSKA She finished painting studies at the Wladyslaw Strzeminski Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz in 2007, graduating with honors from prof. Ryszard Hunger's painting aterlier....

This painting is a fantasy on the theme of my love for nature, mountain ranges, rivers and waterfalls, and also the sky. And this painting really has it all, body and soul. And also ...

The themes visited in this show stem from a desire to extend the vocabulary of my painting while forming a metaphor for the chaos of contemporary life. The title, Escalade, has differing and complimentary functions in English and French. Continuing to paint, over a lengthening career, the medium poses more questions than answers. The title is a reference to my attempt to overcome these difficulties through the expansion of my painting language. The title also refers to the escalation of crises in the world at large. It is the larger picture in which I am a small person trying to make my way. In a concrete sense, the title also refers to a strategy I have taken in a number of these paintings. That is, to re-examine very small paintings...

Her practice involves working in series, continuously evolving her style and themes, which challenges her as an artist to innovate and create new works. Marina Podgaevskaya’s artist...