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Anastasiya Baron “Unbreakable Bond” acrylic on canvas, NFS

Anastasiya Baron “Unbreakable Bond” acrylic on canvas, NFS

“Unbreakable Bond”, acrylic on canvas, 18”H  x 24” W, 2019
    It’s easy to lose yourself in this tumultuous world, so I paint to remind myself of what is important. Russian heritage and my ancestry are among the things that I dedicate my paintings to.
    My paintings resemble a time capsule, where carefully analyzed items are placed. Each is inspired by the memories of the past and its most pivotal moments. It is also a realm where interaction between the past and the present occurs, and the complex overlapping of both happens. There are always several storylines on which I build my composition. I explore themes of loss, separation, longing, and alienation. A lot of attention must be paid to the imagery. They are objects that bear the likeness of real things and objects that my imagination has transformed. The compositional arrangement is chaotic, busy, and surreal with unsettling and baffling undertones. I use allegories and allusions to communicate my feelings, and symbolism is my preferred method of expression.
   I only make one painting at a time and get consumed by it entirely. I paint it in my head when I can’t in real-time and dream of it at night when my mind is free of day’s worries. Dreams often provide exciting material that I adopt in my work.
   Image search is critical to my work, and I dedicate a lot of time to it. I explore segments of time that evoke melancholy and yearning. Some things from that period no longer exist, and old memories cannot be relied on for details when you need a realistic representation. I dig out objects that have long been forgotten, and it stirs many feelings in me. It revives lapsed memories which in return inspire new paintings.
   I use acrylic paint and don’t use big canvases. I like the sense of intimacy a small canvas offers: it’s like a tiny window into my soul. Recently, I started experimenting with oils and began adding them on top of acrylic underpainting to achieve more color nuances.

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