Nature Heals

Refuge - 2018

Loneliness is a major theme in this artwork as it depicts a pensive young girl taking refuge from the outside. Nonetheless, I intended for this artwork to convey a feeling of contemplation by choosing not to completely enclose the subject from the outside. I am of the belief that in hard times one needs to seek refuge in nature and through reflection on its intrinsic beauty gain a new outlook on life. This artwork is one of a series of drawings with a short story on the back of the page. I will comment the story for this particular drawing once I find the sketchbook.

Inktober

балет- 2017

I know it is already December and it is to late to post anything related to Inktober

but I wanted to talk about this artwork I did on March 2017

The artwork got created spontaneously 

I did not planned for this drawing to be this "good"

I drew a sketch of the ballerina

and  preceded to ink each line with a Chinese brush

I love the expressive pose of the ballerina

It is as if she was trying to leap into the air

trying to be weightless 

I also like the leotard which features a mesh that was fun to draw

Unrequited

I long to see you
but I know that in a universe full of stars
my light will never shine bright enough to catch your galaxy.
You are like a flower
whose intrinsic beauty one cannot conjure in a poem
whose beauty cannot be possessed but admired
The soil that kiss your feet came from one single star
A star we all go to
Some stars shine brighter
such that their light maintain the balance,
nurture the flower,
and sees it return
joyous

10/24/2018

Alina (Алина)

The golden background in this portrait was inspired by Byzantine art. Nonetheless, it was used to provide a purely visual effect rather than a symbolic one. The design of the background features patterns borrowed from the embroidery of Russian rugs.

The girl pictured is Alina Zagitova. She wears a minimalist robe-like sweater that makes the viewer focus on her face.

The purpose of this artwork was to get as close as possible to invoke a modern Russian aesthetic.

Alina - 2018

Prose

Dreams and Orbits Collide

The darkness of eyes wide close start the countdown.

The spaceship of unknown dimensions runs on energy harnessed from electrical impulses given by a collection of restless neurons.

A biological machine sends the rocket into orbit to a parallel universe whose natural laws are a mystery even to esoteric scientific minds.

The Galactocentric orbits revolve around the moving ship disrupting the course of nearby voyagers.
Since time is not continuous in this parallel universe the trajectory of the ship gets distorted making the passenger hallucinate and experience situations from the universe from which he took off.

Dreams as they are called play during the periods when the passenger hallucinates.

Each early morning he dies in the parallel universe only to reappear in the universe he doesn’t belong.

Blurred Photo - 2017

юля (Yulya)

Winter is one of my favorite seasons because of the shorter days and the colder climate. Nonetheless, the climate in California remained hot for most of the beginning of winter and wildfires propagated throughout.

For this reason I began to write a short story in which I try to personify the winter season in Yulya. It is through her that I try to fabricate a recollection of ordinary instances with subliminal messages. My aim is to fill the pages of the small sketch book and include other seasons with similar recollections and how they all depend on winter to thrive.

Yulya lives in Siberia because she relies on the natural scenery to hide and spread her helping hand without being recognized in order for her acts to be as selfless as possible.

Yulya - 2017

Vintage Modern

Vintage Vision - 2017

This is the portrait of a woman from the 1920's in which I found myself charmed by her gaze. The shirt and the little design on the bottom were added to add a modern touch to a rather vintage subject matter. The interplay between the contrasting green and purple colors highlight the face and make the gaze more prominent. When creating designs I like to rely on intuition and draw whatever first comes into my mind. The compositions of Alexander Rodchenko have been a major driver for my recent experimentation with abstract designs.