HANDS WITHOUT WORDS

Concept

Most of my paintings are about relationships between people in love. I am interested to reveal the theme of affection, dependence, passion, and the variability of these concepts. Love and relationships is a zone in which we learn total trust in ourselves and our partner. Here the question is not mechanics, about interaction.
The woman is a priority character, she is always the cause of the story on the canvas. A man is manifested by the presence of strong hands, which is symbolic and figurative. With his touch I show the true attitude towards chosen one, the depth of feelings and their manifestation (tenderness, care, desire, passion, fear, excitement, love, protection, insecurity).
Now I am working on the series “Former Devoted” in which I pay attention to the social aspect in relationships, the peculiarities of the psychological state and the recovery of women after a break in relations, the illusion of a wide choice and a quick search for a partner.
The feeling of love is rather distorted by the epoch of romanticism and Hollywood cinema, which creates the illusion of a fairy tale with a mandatory happy end. But in real life, people are maneuvering between passion and constancy.
I also create artworks in black and white.