Anna N Artist

My recent print works 🌊 #art #artwork #artprint

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a little treasure from the mermaid series ✨️ 25×30cm oil on canvas board

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I continue my mermaid series In the depths oil on canvas 45x60cm

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In the depths oil on canvas 45×60cm

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sirens lured travelers and ships to crash against rocks with their enchanting voices

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For all mermaid lovers 🧜‍♀️

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In the depths oil on canvas 45x60cm

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From Mavka series mixed media on canvas 45×60cm #art #painting #artist

For me, the Mavkas are a way to explore a female identity. I’m fascinated by how mythology is filled with female spirits who are allowed to be wild, angry, seductive, even evil - in ways that real women in Slavic cultures often are not. In contrast, real women are expected to be kind, obedient, nurturing, and good. Through this series, I reflect on that contradiction and the freedom that these mythological figures seem to hold. from "Mavka" series oil on canvas 45×60cm #art #painting

During Green week, mavkas come out of the water and search for humans, so it was forbidden to go into the field or forest. But there is also a belief that mavkas appear on earth at a time when the fields need moisture, and plants need the strength to grow. So they help ripen a rich harvest. Mavka oil on canvas 85×65cm #art

I've been recently working on a series of works "Mavka" inspired by Slavic mythology. Mavka (a Slavic mermaid) is a female spirit, appearing in the summer in the form of a long-haired woman in a cereal field, in a forest, near water, luring a person and drowning in water.

Hello, I’m Anna, a multidisciplinary artist, originally from Ukraine and currently based in London. In my artistic practice, I combine both figurative and abstract approaches and I view art as a powerful vehicle for self-exploration and introspection. You can find out more on my Instagram and website: instagram.com/anesterenko_art

https://nesterenkoanna.tilda.ws/

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