SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
SOLO EXHIBITION
The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
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The World's Leading Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
Milena
Popova
BULGARIA
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“I share with you my creative world in colors, emotions, and paintings. I will be happy if my artworks touch your soul, make you dream, and bring you beauty and joy!”
As an artist living in Sofia, Bulgaria, I am one of those lucky souls who received an unexpected gift in their life - an endless source of inspiration and joy - the ability to see and feel the beauty of nature, to discover it constantly every day in everything around me and to recreate it in my paintings.
"Desire" is one of my intuitive landscapes, inspired by the beauty of the sea - the places on the seashore, where the peaceful, endless view of the sea surface lets my soul dream. I painted it this winter, being far from nature physically, but close to it in my imagination and through my art.
My art expresses my emotions and reflects my connection with nature. I would present myself as an intuitive, not an academic artist.
“Freedom” is one of the works, which I created Alla Prima in one breath. It perfectly matches its title, because my associations and feelings during the process were those – freedom, beauty, and power. I painted it in the autumn of 2020.
Painting with oils is my favorite technique, inspired by nature, the sea, and the seasons. I love oil painting with a spatula because this gives my artworks the contrast of finesse and lightness and at the same time, strength and embossed texture.
I am happy when my art touches and thrills someone and when the paintings meet their people.
When I was a child, I attended the children's art school in my hometown - a magical place from which I keep some of my best memories. Subsequently, my professional path took a different direction and after many years my creativity reappeared.
Three years ago, a feeling of irresistible longing and need to meet the colors and the palette appeared in my life. Initially, I started painting with oil paints under the mentorship in master art classes of the Bulgarian artist Georgi Petrov and the Russian artist Alexander Sergeev. To them, I owe my style as an artist - the freedom, expression, and power in my paintings.
Three years ago, a feeling of irresistible longing and need to meet the colors and the palette appeared in my life.
“Blue seashore” is my reflection of a real place, situated near the beautiful Greek seashore near Volos, which I visited in 2020. The high rocks overlooking the sea offer a magnificent view of the peaceful bay.
When I was a child, I attended the children's art school in my hometown - a magical place from which I keep some of my best memories.
“Crystal sea” is a result of my imagination and my love for the sea. I painted in my studio in Sofia in 2020. With this landscape, I want to show the sea in its calm, beauty, and lightness and to call a feeling of relief.
Initially, I started painting with oil paints under the mentorship in master art classes of the Bulgarian artist Georgi Petrov and the Russian artist Alexander Sergeev.
“Illusion in Violet” There are periods, when violet and purple are one of my favorite, preferred colors, especially in painting flowers. “Illusion in violet” is a part of my series “Purple”, painted in the spring of 2020 in Sofia, the capital town of Bulgaria.
To those artists I owe my style - the freedom, expression, and power in my paintings.
I painted "Morning Flowers" in the summer of 2020, on a wonderful sunny morning in the open air, surrounded by green plants. I tried to reach here the effect of freedom, impression, and detail in one. This surrounding was a gift, which inspired the creative process, and made it fluent and light.
At the end of last year, I had my first solo exhibition in Sofia and presented my first collection of poems, accompanied by my paintings.
“Nostalgia” is a special painting for me because it was created during the isolation period. Painting landscapes helped me overcome this lack of being in touch with nature. This artwork was awarded the Honorable Mention Award in the contest: “How I Remember 2020”.
Creativity has been a constant part of my life in many different forms. I believe that when there is a desire and creative energy, just about anything is possible!
This landscape was inspired by a photography of a friend of mine, who lives near this magnificent place. I painted my improvisation, trying to recreate on the canvas all the impressions and emotions, which this beautiful place calls in me – depth, lightness, desire, mystery, and strength.
Currently, my artworks are part of collections in Bulgaria as well as in many other countries.
I painted these flowers with the sunrise, in an open space, under the sky on the Greek seashore near Volos. This painting combines the contrast of finesse and lightness, and at the same time, strength and embossed texture of oils. It gives me the feeling of harmony.
All my artworks are hand-painted and have original scenes. But I also practice applied arts - painting on glass, textile, making ceramics, etc. mainly as a hobby and as a volunteer in workshops, which I organize for children and youths with disabilities.
“Sunflowers” gathers the rich, colorful and bright palette of autumn. Here I used a multi-layered painting to recreate and reach the effect of the abundance of this grateful season.