A moment to be found No.3
Artist: Maya Gelfman
Certification of Authenticity: Apricus Art Collection
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A moment to be found No.3
Acrylic and markers on canvas. 28"/37" (72/93 cm). 2024
I spent the winter in a rural forest, on the banks of the river Aude, with the Pyrenees Mountains framing the view to one side and the Black Mountains on the other. The topography created a unique capsule of weather. It also created a unique interplay, between the dormant and the vibrant, evident in the nature around me. I could see, to my astonishment, how the typical monochromatic color scheme of a European winter was merging with colors I’d normally associate with spring. Tiny purple and pink flowers were in bloom throughout the season, fluorescent moss in greens and yellows took over tree barks and stones.
Super imposed on the impressively stormy sky, the effect was very compelling. It took me time and a few paintings to understand how to balance all that in a canvas. What works in reality, doesn’t always make sense in a painting (and vice versa).
It was a conversation between reality, myself and the work. One of the sentences in that conversation is this painting.
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