THE SWEET MOMENT BEFORE THE LONG WAY (2015)
120 x 50 - mixed media on canvas.
THE DESIRE WISHES THE DESIRE (2015)
100 x 40 - mixed media on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
(Oscar Wilde)
TO BE COMPATIBLE (2015)
100 x 40 - mixed media on canvas.
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BRIEF RESPITE (2015)
2 canvases 70 x 70 x 70 - acrylic on canvas.
Life, sometimes, is too dynamic and tedious. Sometimes it is necessary to stop and think calmly, why and where am I running?
SPANISH TREMBLING (2015)
2 canvases 70 x 70 x 70 - acrylic on canvas
Perseverance, determination and sensuality merged into one thrilling dance.
"LADY ETNA" (2014)
2 canvases 70 x 70 x 70 - acrylic on canvas
She’s loved and dreaded, freezing and scorching, arid and fertile, ruthless and generous, violent and gentle, powerful and gentle, beautiful and disturbing, are all extremes, seemingly irreconcilable merging into one reality: the "Lady Etna".
The Lady that looks down on her sea and her land, continuing to give life, sowing fear and bewitch forever anyone who rise his gaze at her.
THE REAL RUSSIAN POWER (2014)
2 canvases 70 x 70 x 70 - acrylic on canvas.
Beauty, determination, spirit of sacrifice.
ON THE WAY TO HARMONY (2014)
2 canvases 70 x 70 x 80 - acrylic on canvas.
The Creator perfects his creations, as his creations seek to improve their Creator, for thousands of years, with an innate instinct which was given them along with life.
2 canvases 70 x 70 x 80 - acrylic on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
The Creator perfects his creations, as his creations seek to improve their Creator, giving new life to the harmony of the created one.
HARMONY (2014)
DANCE OF LIFE (2014)
150 x 200 - mixed media on canvas.
"The dance of life" is the innate love to life leaving the past in the past. It is the desire to live with positivity and optimism their lives, creating a spectacular present overcoming problems dancing (mentally).
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES, FOR FREEDOM (2014)
100 x 100 - collage and acrylic on canvas.
Envy, greed, pessimism, avarice ... how many flaws a man has!
Let's look at the others, what we can also be, and will find a way to overcome obstacles and fly out the window, whence the light comes. After all, this is where we can find true freedom.
4 canvases 50 x 50 – collage and acrylic on canvas
GAMES OF MOOD (2014)
Melancholy, joy, thoughtfulness, euphoria ... How many changes in the mood for even a single day! Living close to other people and giving them yourself, they almost disappear.
We experience different moods, even during one day.
TO BE WOMAN, MOTHER AND WIFE (2014)
2 canvases 50 x 100 - mixed media on canvas.
"Every blessing, living in the house, comes from the woman" (TALMUD).
BIG BANG (2013)
2 canvases 70 x 70 x 70 – acrylic on canvas.
Big Bang gave birth to stars, planets, and made life possible. We are children of a single universe where life is connected to other life; and space, connecting with time, forms the fourth dimension.....
REFLECTION (2013)
40 x 30 - oil on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
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ON THE WAY TO NIRVANA (2013)
100 x 200 - collage and acrylic on canvas
Path to the inner peace can be endless, long or short; only one thing is true - its length depends only on us, on our ability to see the world within and around us.
KNOW YOURSELF (2013)
100 x 200 - collage and acrylic on canvas.
To understand the world, you must first learn yourself and understand who you are.
(Inspired by the temples di Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat in Cambodia)
THE ETERNAL CONTRAPOSITION BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS (2013)
80 x 160 - collage and acrylic on canvas.
Light and darkness, good and evil exist side by side, moving in parallel, not looking at each other, but trying to attract to themselves everything that comes in their way.
Man, thanks to his power of mental equilibrium, can withstand the deception of shadows and cross the line beyond which there is no room for darkness, where there is only light, where we were born, and where life is indeed possible.
(Inspired at the temple Bayon – Cambodia)
PARALLEL REALITIES (2013)
80 x 160 - acrylic on canvas.
Reality is an abstract concept; one sees what his eyes and brain tell. We believe that the eyes are telling us the truth, but our brain often distorts what was seen, under the influence of the already experienced sensations.
At the same time there are multiple realities and that perception of reality is subjective, which often creates an internal conflict.
Only wisdom and patience are able to transform the conflict essence of parallel realities into the heritage of humanity.
PROGRESS (2012)
100 x 100 - acrylic on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
Progress: freedom or slavery?
It depends on how we use it.
THOUGHT IS STEP FORWARD OF ACTION (2012)
100 x 100 - mixed media
First comes the instinct, then thought appears and determines our way of acting.
SIGHS OF INNOCENTS (2012)
100 x 160 - acrylic on canvas.
Painting is dedicated to those who suffered or suffers from discrimination of human justice.
Old Venice Bridge of Sighs, leading to the prison dungeons Pembo. Three masks, emitting light of innocence, lit bitter fate.
The reflection of the stars can not only give a ghostly sense of light, but also show the way to a flood of light, leading to an infinite space, to absolute freedom.
CHIEF, STRENGTH AND THOUGHTS (2012)
70 x 100 - mixed media on canvas.
Young chief is the leader of his people, whose face expresses strength and aspiration; his ancestors support him with their wisdom and point the way. Young women are the present and the future of the nation, and he is in the centre – physically strong, with a thoughtful look full of humanity, with eyes, eradiating determination and responsibility for those around him, who live next to him and depend on him. This is a message of love and devotion.
This is about the power to transcend himself in the ability to give love, to take responsibility for the fate of others. These human values never die; they are passed from generation to generation.
VIRGIN EARTH (2012)
160 x 100 - acrylic on canvas.
“Body returns to the earth, soul ascends to heaven.”
Our mortal body is part of Mother Earth, we consist of her particles; we are filled with her water, fed with her fruits. We never leave her bosom!
Let us respect our Mother, admire her natural beauty, admire with all our heart, pure as a baby; and she shall praise us to the skies!
100 x 100 - acrylic on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
MANNEQUINS OF THE UNIVERSE (2012)
….…. in everyday earthly life faceless "”mannequins” appear, showing the distortion of the essence of the basic human values…
100 x 100 - acrylic on canvas.
LOSS OF COMPASS (original title: IN SEARCH OF THE FIFTH ELEMENT) (2012)
Life offers us a set of directions for movement, but only a few (like the axis of the coordinate system) lead us to the dream, to the fifth spiritual point
100 x 100 - acrylic on canvas.
ESCAPE TO ETERNITY (2011)
Vigorous movement towards ultimate goal ... people who refuse from material essence of their body and elevate the spiritual that remains in them forever.
100 x 100 - acrylic on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
SWEET WAITING (2011)
... feeling of time waiting for something important in life is precious more than anything.
There is the “Island of Life” in the dogmas that we insert in our consciences.
AWAKENING (2011)
70 x 50 - oil on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
Spring, awakening of the senses, emotions, harmony and beauty, feelings that flow like a great pink river of azalea petals.
EYE OF THE UNIVERSE (2011)
50 x 70 - oil on canvas
.... sometimes we confuse the need to know whether we will be happy in future, with the science that studies space:
unforgivable frivolity!!
LOOK TO THE FUTURE (2011)
70 x 50 - acrylic on canvas.
We are so often engaged to looking to the future, to no longer live the present ...
TO COMMUNICATE (2010)
60 x 60 - collage and acrylic on canvas.
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
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THE BEGINNING (2010)
50 x 80 - oil on canvas
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
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IRON LONGEVITY (2010)
40 x 50 - collage and acrylic on canvas.
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SILENT WITNESS FROM CHICHEN ITZA (2010)
40 x 80 - collage and acrylic on canvas.
Who are you, Chack Mool?
How many people did you see centuries passing you by?
Always silently waiting and collecting our gifts, our innermost thoughts.
NEW HORIZONS (2010)
50 x 70 - oil on canvas
........ having one’s feet on the ground, or standing on tiptoes to see the invisible. Feeling of comparison feeds our pursuit of knowledge.
by Liliya Kishkis
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