Layered application, wet on wet technique, on raw, unprimed linen, protected by an uv-resistant varnish.

Figurative Series 1.1

The paper in this piece is made by incorporating found plants into the pulp during the papermaking process. Once dried the sheets are rolled into circles and assembled onto a found branch. Irrigation and A Little Rain for Spring was made in observation of the California drought in 2022 and reflects on the effects climate change has on the visual landscape.

Drought 2

DRAP-PRERRIA, 2020

oil on canvas ,100 x 70 cm 

Sign in the lower right corner on canvas and signature on the reverse.
  
  

DRAP-PRERRIA

Social contract is a critique of the

current lenses through which most

people in the society view the

institution of marriage.

  
With a wedding being viewed as a coming of age ritual where the idea of marriage is emphasized and singleness is mocked by individuals who care for nothing else but flashy suits and pretty wedding gowns.

  
A huge smile from the bride is

expected whether she is happy or

not because it's meant to be the

happiest day of her life.

With immense pressure from

family and peers, a lot of

individuals go into marriage just

to fulfill their end of a supposed

social contract.

Social contract 

Images of fashion industry. Modern priestess representing “Cutting” as one of its stages.

"Cutting"

𝑼𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒅

The Nature of Anxiety 

Hannah Jones, 2022, Berlin, 50x70cm (19.7x 27.5”) Acrylic on watercolor paper.

Hiraeth

'Fish' is a play on the slang term for torpedo. The fish image has other meanings is in Evangelical presentations such as bumper stickers and small business signs. The lapel pins embedded in the frame evoke these other connotations.
  
  
All works by Mark Louis Walters are copyrighted.

Fish

The painting was inspired by blue stones and created in Pembrokeshire. Blue stones are mysterious for their healing properties and were also used to build the prehistoric monument Stonehenge near Wiltshire, England.

BLUE STONES II

Kindness

16"x21.5"

Aerosol and Ink on Glass

$250

Origins

Pieces of Drought

'Hain'

Layered application, wet on wet technique, on canvas, protected by an uv-resistant varnish.

Moss

Acrylic and gel medium on transparent Dura-lar film. 2-sided reverse painting process resulting in varying degrees of shininess.

SPOILER (series) 03

This artwork is inspired by the pre-human Earth, when the elements were ruling the planet. Air as an element, as a movement of inhale and exhale that gives life, as wind of change and as the most invisible and intangible yet inseparable from creation itself.

  
The inspiration of Polina Stepanova lies in a deep fascination with hylozoism: philosophical idea of matter having a soul. Each painting is a visual translation of concepts related emergence of life on Earth, elements and primordial forces. The artist is strongly influenced by folklore and ancient belief systems. Similarly to an Alchemist or a Priestess, she seeks to transform matter into a powerful and charged object.

  
Abstract dialogue of shapes is reinforced by the technique of painting almost without touching the paper with brushes, or any other tools. This specific way of painting is developed by Polina Stepanova to allow watercolour and ink work together with gravity: dropping, travelling around the canvas. I leave the artwork to grow on its own, while the role of an artist is to bring all the elements together: orchestrating it.

  
Behind each tree that emerges from the soil and grows into an ancient being, being each of the Earth inhabitants there’s a play of elements. It us not until the water meets the earth, then the fire and air in the right proportion that the life emerges. Or, the life is the play of elements itself?

  
Discover more on www.polina-stepanova.com

First beings/ Air

“Conversations” Hannah Jones, 2022, Berlin 70x70cm (27.5”x27.5”) acrylic painting on canvas.

Conversations

Soltice Oracle

From the 1950s through the 1970s, leprosy was a significant medical issue in my country. The authorities gathered all of the leprosy patients into one village. All of the elderly have been treated and are no longer contagious, but they are now experiencing severe side effects.

  
This village is only 100 miles distant from where I live, but there are no cell phone connections once you arrive. The local government provides the fundamental requirements of life and the necessary materials. The male-to-female ratio in this community is extremely skewed (30% male, 70% female). This causes a labor scarcity. For some elderly women, iodine insufficiency remains a problem.

  
The women who live in this community possess extraordinary mental strength. Due to a catastrophic pandemic, they were forced to leave their homeland when they were in their prime. After residing in this "leprosy village," they fought the disease and its aftereffects for more than ten years.

  
When I spoke with these women, I could tell that they never gave up hope. I refer to this community as a "lost wonderland" because its inhabitants are unaware of city life and have no need for it. I've realized that we shouldn't judge them according to our own standards and values. They have been abandoned by the rest of the world. However, they have also lost touch with the outside world.

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