Anastasia Russa contemporary painter
Anastasia Russa: painter
From early childhood portraiture has always held a fascination for me. Even after the rise of photography, the painted portrait has never lost its power or mystique.
There could be a variety of reasons why this is so but foremost is that it seems to be a way of understanding ourselves from the inside out. To portray a person is a way to know the world, human nature and consciousness as inter-related. It is a way of revealing to people their immanent qualities and also to capture something transient.
To depict people is an act of love, a growth of knowledge and a window into a fleeting time and changing world.
Pink Michael
80x52cm, canvas, oil, 2014
In the Wood
77x95cm, canvas, oil, 2021
Turning of the Tide
or when we start to see them 40x70cm, canvas, oil, 2020