Painting titled "Self-portrait. Afyt…" by Ksenia Yarovaya, Original Artwork, Oil

Self-portrait. Afytos (2019) Painting by Ksenia Yarovaya

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Original Artwork Painting, Oil on Linen Canvas

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Dimensions Height 14.2in, Width 11.8in
Categories Paintings under $1,000 Figurative

According to ancient tales, Afitos is the birthplace of the first titans. Here they had a decisive battle with the gods.
Even in the Neolithic era in the territory of present Afitos there were settlements. Later, Greek historians mentioned it in their writings as a thriving metropolis participating in the Athenian contests and minting its own coin.
Afytos is located on the Kassandra peninsula, which is one of the “fingers” of the picturesque Greek peninsula of Chalkidiki. Paradise resort village is located on the high and steep rocky coast, outstanding in the sea. The Greeks dubbed him "stone balcony".

If you look at Afytos from the side of the Toroneos gulf, then you can see truly fabulous views. Small stone houses are buried in a dense exotic greenery, among them flower gardens and streets flash with bright colors. Going down the emerald hill, they smoothly turn into white sandy beaches, gently washed by the azure waters of the Aegean Sea.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Oil

Paint consisting of pigments bound with linseed oil or carnations. The traditional technique consists of superimposing layers of paint increasingly rich in oil for a solid and durable hanger.

Figurative

Figurative and colorful painting having taken the liberty of including all forms of art without border of cultural genre and geographic origin, without hierarchy of values between high and subculture.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

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Selfportraitofartist Afitos Greece

Ksenia Yarovaya

Greece

Ksenia Yarovaya is talented, bright artist working in the best traditions of Russian realistic school of painting.
She graduated from the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Glazunov.
The artist is a permanent participant and foreign pleinair, city and international exhibitions, vernissages and festivals.
The merits of Ksenia in the artistic environment are many times marked by diplomas and meeds, including from the Moscow Government and the Russian Orthodox Church.
Academic education allows her to create paintings of high professional level. Landscape - a favorite theme of her works, so the creative journey and to find inspiration in new images and forms became an important part of the artist's life.
Working on the paintings, Ksenia traveled with a sketchbook to different parts of the world, met with the traditional way of life of the inhabitants of different countries.
She painted on canvas many unforgettable landscapes, full of bright colors of the sunny countries. Realism and credibility of the artist's paintings - is the result of personal experience and a dozen natural etudes. Landscapes, painted by Ksenia full of love nature, are imbued with the sun and the special unique atmosphere.
Portrait is important part in the artist's work. Painting of portrait is the mystery of the master and model, their spiritual convergence, so portraits by Ksenia Yarovaya turn out to be incredibly realistic and alive.
In October (18 - 28) 2016 in Moscow was held a solo exhibition of Ksenia Yarovaya in the Moscow House of Nationalities where was presented the full collection of paintings dedicated to Greece. The exposition included scenes of traditional Greek villages, modern cities, the majestic mountain landscapes, the venetian ports and a kaleidoscope of solar seascapes that were painted between 2014, 2015 and 2016 years in different regions Greece - Halkidiki, Crete, Santorini, and Meteora.
In June 2017 in Greece, in the heart of Athens with great success was held another personal exhibition of the artist Ksenia Yarovaya. The event was held under the aegis of the club for UNESCO Piraeus and islands (Athens) with the support of the Greek Cultural Center (Moscow), where were presented 47 paintings on the theme of Hellas.
Ksenia was awarded gold medal and a diploma from UNESCO for her contribution to culture