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2020
Acrylic on linen canvas
Unique Work
Dimensions: 25cm (H) x 30cm (W) x 2cm (D) / 9.8" (H) x 11.8" (W) x 0.8" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings.
Artist Statement
Red Thistle (composition №83)
Prickly and inaccessible savage, choosing the most uncomfortable habitats, red Thistle combines incongruous-lifeless and dull leaves and stems with luxurious, blazing red cadmium flowers. Perhaps they serve as a reward for the eyes of a tired traveler who ventured into the wasteland for such a sight.
In the picture, you can imagine bright red thistle flowers, painted with light impasto against the background of a rich grayish-blue evening sky with silver and gold glimpses, creating a sense of depth as well as vision of fields shrouded in night fog. Here, the hot desert sun had already set, leaving behind only these flowers blazing in the night.
Linen canvas, gesso and acrylic paints. Coated with an archival-quality protective satin varnish. Mounted on a stretcher frame.
Painted with a plastic card and a palette knife.
Sides are painted.
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Artist Profile
Born: 1986
Hometown: Stavropol
Based in: Stavropol
Galina’s path to painting was long, but each step left its mark on her artistic style, defining and shaping it year after year. Born in Dushanbe she was surrounded by art at an early age: her father was interested in metal stamping, wood carving, sculpture and photography, constantly inviting home his friends — artisans and artists — to work together and discuss art. In the early 90s, Galina went with her parents to Russia, where her family settled in Stavropol after a series of moves. She was lucky to have a school and teachers who, very rare for that time, tried to give new skills and strongly supported the passion for art in their students, teaching them new art techniques. After graduating from the Institute with a degree in Advertising, Galina immediately plunged back into the creative world, starting with photography. In the late 2000s, she became a professional graphic designer and later started drawing commercial illustrations. Galina’s interest in calligraphy, with a special preference for the technique of writing with a broad pen and expressive calligraphy with a cola pen, developed confident firm strokes and the method of working with paint by rubbing, determining her future creativity.
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