Watercolours - Tanya Vlasova

Dialogues

The variety of shades of colors is as endless as the variety of shades of feelings.
The variety of geometric shapes is as endless as the variety of human relationships.
A simple dialogue is frequently filled with elusive emotions, and one’s tone of voice often says more than one’s words. The beauty of the conversation runs on the verge of these two different worlds.
The interaction maybe unison or discord, mutual understanding or confrontation, agreement or dispute … and so on and so forth, word by word, line by line.

Keep in touch
Watercolour on archived paper
76 х 28 см

Ancient Africa

The Rustling of Palm Leaves.
The Clinging of the Swaying Spears.
The Movement of the Body Decorations.
The Corners of the Colourful Designs on Moving Hips.
The Rhythm of the Upward Movement … Ancient Africa

A Weather Vane Association

An Orderly Depiction of a Disorderly Turning of a Weather Vane.
A Weather Vane Driven by the Wind.
By the hot, sea, nightly, intermittent, caressing wind.
By the wind of different colours.

A Weather Vane I
Watercolor on archived paper
76х56cm

Tamed Luxury Triptych

Luxury is wastefulness on essentials (V. Dal) Excessive luxury – a sign of power and success.But luxury is alien to nature. The idea of the flowers as luxurious is the eternal human myth. The common natural background – a massive amount of leaves – dims the brightness of the floral images.

Endless Stairs

Stairs – is the most habitual way to travel up and down. In religion – it is the way to God and to the underworld, in psychoanalysis – the road towards achievements or decline.
It is difficult not to break the monotony of movement on the stairs. I want to infinitely move from small to large, from gentle to steep, move not only up, but also broadwise, move differently.

Artificial and Naturals

The splashing of water, the falling of the leaves, the swinging of the scales and the movement of the crowd can be expressed through the ornament of movement. The organic forms of this movement create the level of tension between the artificial and natural on the boundary of which we exist.

The Big Apple
Watercolor on archived paper
56х56cm

In The Time of Quills

Series of works based on the images of early Canadian history for The First Toronto’s Post Office