"FOUR WINDS"
The story of the painting
In the summer of 2023, I received an offer to paint for the interior.
I went to look at the particular interior. In cooperation with the interior designer, we agreed on the size of the painting. I felt the vibration in the air about the place where my painting will be, what is behind the window, the silence, the tones, and the people with whom my painting will live.
The canvas was not ready, but the general mood, like a golden string already began to spin the threads of the painting in my head. Very often, before this work, I listened to the song "FOUR WINDS"("Četri vēji") by the contemporary Latvian composer Raimonds Tiguls. Every time I listened to it, like electricity run through my body, as if something wants to say to me. It happened again and again. When I came to see the room I "saw" these four winds in the painting.
I have had works that live in my head for a long time and the moment I start to paint or make graphic - my hands are like a conductor of electricity from my head to to canvas or to the zinc plate, to the paper. The work came like a smooth road. That is how this painting was made.
The music turned into colors.
I worked for three months, layer by layer. If I had to explain, why exactly I did this or that at each moment, I couldn't... I just knew - it was needed and what would happen next. The painting flowed on the canvas like music.
It was a beautiful time, as the story was told, until the moment come, when I realized - "everything has been told".
- The painting process, see: HERE!
"FOUR WINDS". Oil, pigments on canvas. 135x135cm. 2023
