Mavka (18x24'')
Original one of a kind acrylic on canvas painting.
Mavka (aka niavka, navka, from Old Slavic nav ‘the dead’). A mythological female figure, tall, round-faced, long-haired, and sometimes naked. The nymphs known by this term represented the souls of girls who had died unnatural deaths. They were believed to live in groups in forests, mountain caves, or sheds, which they decorated with rugs. They made thread of stolen flax and wove thin transparent cloth for making clothes for themselves. They loved flowers, which they wore in their hair. In the spring they planted flowers in the mountains, to which they enticed young men, whom they tickled to death. On Pentecost (known as Mavka’s Easter) they held games, dances, and orgies.
The painting is sold unframed. Signed certificate of authenticity is attached.
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$464
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About the artist
I am Canadian painter and sculptor, work with acrylics and oils on canvases, also create plaster on wood reliefs, or three-dimensional paintings, as I call them. I am truly passionate about the amazing beauty of nature, processing it through my eyes, my mind and my hands to the stillness of canvases and plaster, aspire to express not the picture, but the life itself, without forgetting the fabulousness of human presence in it. On canvases I work with brushes, palette knifes and finger touch when needed. My 3D paintings consist of the plaster figures, sculptured and carved on the base of the wood frame, finally covered with acrylic colors, creating spatial view, as real, as color - induced.
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