Ekaterina Kolesnikova
ART Habens
you never know where it will lead
you, as well, it can invent or confuse,
then trees and mountains are higher
in memory. I am interested in one
actual place in Austrian Alps, a
protected area where during winter
after a sunset ski lifts stop, people
descend to the valley and I ask
myself some questions ‘What
happened in the mountains after
5pm? If I will go there what I will find
or meet someone?’ Then imagined
narratives appear in my works in the
form of figures and surroundings.
Once I start to paint I always
remember that my aim is to create a
mystery, eye-catching atmosphere
and not to scary, but immerse
viewer`s attention. Thus, the
painting looks transparent and dense
because of the amount of layers that
I put on surface. Before going to
work on a canvas I constantly make
several sketches with different color
palette and composition and after
some analysis, I choose an
appropriate one. I try to make
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