High grass (2020) Painting by Natalie Levkovska

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“High grass” This painting is from series of works “Roots”. In the neighborhood of my garden, there is an abandoned spot with tall, unmown grass, which by the middle of winter turns silvery. In winter, I feed garden cats, among them there is a beautiful gray cat named Pilkis, which means " Grayish" in Lithuanian. It is very beautiful[...]
“High grass”
This painting is from series of works “Roots”.
In the neighborhood of my garden, there is an abandoned spot with tall, unmown grass, which by the middle of winter turns silvery. In winter, I feed garden cats, among them there is a beautiful gray cat named Pilkis, which means " Grayish" in Lithuanian. It is very beautiful when Pilkis sneaks through the thickets in search of voles, quietly, almost silently, at times freezing in a pose, staring through the high grass.
I paint usually with my back to the window through which this part of the garden is visible, but almost always know what is happening outside. The fact is that in the garden in winter, over time, you get used to the desert silence, all your senses sharpen, and you begin to feel the presence of even such quiet guests as Pilkis.
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По соседству с моим садом есть заброшенный участок с высокой некошеной травой, которая к середине зимы становиться серебристого цвета. Зимой ко мне на участок приходят садовые коты подкормиться, среди них есть красивый серого цвета кот с кличкой Pilkis, что в переводе с литовского значит “Серенький”. Это очень красиво, когда Pilkis крадется сквозь заросли в поисках полевок, тихо, практически беззвучно, временами застывая в позе, вглядываясь сквозь высокую траву.
Я обычно пишу спиной к окну, через которое виден этот участок, но практически всегда знаю, что происходит снаружи. Дело в том, что в саду зимой со временем привыкаешь к пустынной тишине, все чувства обостряются, и начинаешь спиной чувствовать присутствие даже таких тихих гостей, как Pilkis.

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Natalie Levkovska is an experienced Lithuanian painter and illustrator. In 1995, she obtained a degree in stone, bone and wood processing from a master artist (Abramtsevo College of Applied Arts),[...]

Natalie Levkovska is an experienced Lithuanian painter and illustrator. In 1995, she obtained a degree in stone, bone and wood processing from a master artist (Abramtsevo College of Applied Arts), and in 1999 she completed a degree in costume design (Vilnius Academy of Arts). She then became a costume designer for the cinema industry, and later a fur designer. In 2006, she decided to change her life: she moved to London to work in a design studio, and started to experiment oil painting.

She creates simple and poetic artworks, mixing surrealism and naive art. Her artistic universe is a kind of magic realism: she likes to show real life objects and try to bring out the magical pulsation of space. The plots of her creations are taken from her life: a birch glade near her house at different times of the year, the portrait of a loved one, her village in the snow... 

Natalie Levkovska have organized 19 personal exhibitions, participated in a lot of paintings and drawings events, and her drawings can be found in many private collections.

The Artist was highlighted in an article in Artmajeur Magazine:

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