Art
by Maria Elina
Expressive Works
Shaman
- A mixed-media piece channeled from the dreamscape. This Shaman appeared in the mindspace and has remained until depicted.
Lakshmi
- A piece celebrating the goddess Lakshmi on the day of her celebration in Hinduism. Images of her are said to bring prosperity and abundance.
Eclipse
- An illustration piece inspired by the Solar Eclipse of 2024.
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Post-Tech
- A piece inspired by the fusion of humanity and technology, as it can be strongly felt in the 2020s. AI, created by humans, feels like a child currently growing up and evolving.
Fusion
- A piece inspired by love, finding the person that feels like home.
Protection
- This drawing was inspired by a scene in the film "Days of Glory". Depicting a caring and nurturing embrace of two lovers.
Free Man
- An image once again taken from the mindscape, inspired by romanticised images of old Russian villages and the freedom of the vast fields in nature.
Healing
- A piece inspired by modern adaptations of healing traditions that can be seen in retreats and healing centers, that maintain the spiritual connectedness.
Moon
- Drawn in 2022, this piece was created on the Full Moon, depicting the energy able to be sensed in times of sensitivity elevation typical for peak Moon phases.
Apollo
- A piece channeled from a meditative state, depicting an image of the "divine masculine", which has in ancient traditions been associated with and symbolized by the god Apollo.
Beauty
- A drawing of a nude body in motion, exploring colour usage and putting an accent on muscle structures. Learning to love one's own body.
Tantra
- An expressive piece inspired by an interaction at an event called "Ecstatic Dance". The sensitivity elevated by this tantric practice has put an accent on a passionate embrace with one individual.
I Feel You
- In 2022, in meditative practice, more channeling has been done on the topics of partnership and "union of the feminine and masculine" aspects of one's self, resulting in this depiction.
I Have You
- Created in 2024, inspired by meeting an actual partner, who felt like home after completing practices of uniting and making peace with personal aspects of the "feminine and masculine".
Layers Of Self
- Also inspired by deep meditative states in 2022, in which one dives deeper and deeper into exploring aspects and layers of one's self, uncovering how much depth there is to an individual.
Falling
- Created in 2024, this digital piece was inspired by many transitions that took place between the years of 2022-2025, and the sense of detachment from reality that such transitions cause.
Unveiling
- Created in 2020, inspired by diving into the world of New Age Spirituality that blends ancient traditional symbolism and modern psychoanalysis to understand the concept of "being".
Matter
- Created in 2023, also depicting a state of transition and the process of making peace with sudden events that force one to take a "bird's eye view" at life.
Pursuit
- A piece inspired by the animation artist David Firth, who has created many distubing images in themes of horror.
Demons
- An illustration piece exploring old Disney techniques of drawing on transparent paper in order to create a sense of depth of background and characters on screen.
Feeding
- A piece inspired by the animation artist David Firth, who has created many distubing images in themes of horror.
Academic Works
Church
- This was originally a plein air sketch of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg, that has later been finished in traditional architectural painting techniques from photograph
Plein Air
- A plein air watercolour painting of a park with an industrail lanscape peeking from behind the trees.
Bouquet
- A still life watercolour painting practicing in combining a variety of traditional and technical painting techniques.
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Engineering
- A still life watercolout painting practicing in still life drawing of engineering elements in order to later apply techniques in architectural painting.
Vase
- First academical still life piece in colour, practicing watercolour application practice of colour theory.
Monochrome
- First academical still life piece, exploring shading and light application in watercolour practice.
Nude 1
- Live drawing completed in under 1 min.
Nude 2
- Live drawing completed in under 1 min.
Nude 3
- Live drawing completed in under 1 min.
Ruins
- An improvisation piece on top of an architectural element sketch done from visual example, conrasting war ruins with hope that emerges from peace.
Ancient
- An artist study, exploring the work of an architecture-centric painter.
Japan
- An artist study, exploring the work of an architecture-centric painter.
Cyanotype
- Exploration of the Cyanotype art technique, using etchings drawn from live matter on transparent plastic to create the above prints.
Etching
- Combining the etching technique with ink in order to fill in the gaps, instead of printing as per traditional etching.
Oils
- One of the first practice pieces with oil paint, exploring human skin and how colour can be translated with oils.
Comission Work
Margarita
- This portrait is of a very very gentle person, who has gone through many challenges in her life. Margarita has bright blue eyes that always shine through, hence they highlight the piece.
Rose
- This comission was asking to improvise creatively. Knowing the backstory of the client, the journey from fog to light symbolized their personal path, with butterflies laying symbolism for rebirth.
Nelly
- This portrait is of a dear grandmother. A lot of beauty is encapsulated in this individual. Wrinkles and signs of age have been embraced, as they translate the wisdom of generations.
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Anita's Higher Self 1
- This comission had a backstory of the client going to a therapist and reciveing a task of "drawing her higher self" in order to have a visual queue to refer to in times of hardship.
Anita's Higher Self 2
- Three versions have been created, all centering around a cosmic theme, as "higher self" is a concept used to translate the idea of 'universal guidance' that comes when one trusts their path.
Anita's Higher Self 3
- Light in all three pieces emanates from the Heart Center, symbolising "leading with love", the Hands - "creating love" and the Crown Chakra - "connected to spiritual source of love".
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