Masha- These paintings are incredible. As a dancer my self I connect immediately with the movement in the works as well as their sensuality. I feel the temperature of each painting, I feel the air that these images live within. Very powerful. I would love to know more about where these images come from. Do you paint from an real subject and then abstract the painted image? Or are they based in your imagination?
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Thank you so much, Sarah. I would say both. My first experience after which I decided to create a series of work was from life. These four works are divided in half - the "Belly dance" and "Power" were painted while a model was dancing; the "Passion to dance" and "Dance like a flight" - from my imagination. However, I would say not exactly from imagination, but more from my memory. It is quiet challenging to paint a dancing figure from life, try to catch all movements, and I believe that these images stay in memory and like flashes of the light appear on the canvas.
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