“A Hand and Roses”

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by Ekaterina Levina
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I’ve painted roses hundreds of times and never got tired of their beauty. In this watercolor painting I’m interested in the interaction between a viewer and the natural world. A person looking at a landscape becomes a part of the scenery, and a hand touching a rose is now a part of a still life, even for a moment, but caught on paper forever.

“Feather”

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by Ekaterina Levina
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I noticed this feather stuck in the wire over a hatchery in Mt. Shasta. It was very close, almost at arm’s reach, but unreachable because a fish reservoir had an electrical wire fence around it. Feathers fly when even a light wind blows, but this one couldn’t. The scene was an illustration of a contrast between a natural freedom and a human made order and restrictions.

“Death Angel”

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by Ekaterina Levina
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“Death Angel” is a drawing inspired by a wood sculpture of an unknown artist from New Mexico in 1900. You can see the original at the de Young museum.

It seems easy to forget about simple things following different political debates and struggles nowadays. But even simple things can put somebody between life and death. The human society is very advanced when it comes to technology and medicine. The world is different today compare to a hundred years ago. Yet, hunger suffering still exists despite that it’s 100% preventable. I ask myself, is it possible for an artist to make any difference without getting involved in political games?

In the ideal world art, power and money would work together.