Kalina Hristova

“I am looking for the roots of human nature, which are entangled in the threads of our personal demons. Both flowers and weeds grow in human nature. Which of the two prevails in the flora of our soul depends on how we take care of this lush vegetation. The portraits I paint are not a reflection of reality, the images are imaginary, but nevertheless they are carriers of truth concentrated in the portrait variations of the mental states of the mind.“, K. Hristova, 2021

Bulgaria

Sofia

Little Bird Place

Painting

The Wreath

We All have the Hunger

Limbus Inferni I

Limbus Inferni II

Portrait of a Cloud

Balance I

„The paintings presented in my current exhibition continue my visual research in the field of portrait painting, entering into even deeper emotional experiences that each person hides in themselves. Human emotions and states of mind are one of the main themes in my work that I have been working on for the last ten years. What we carry as emotional baggage is not visible to the naked eye, it is not always transparent, and it may remain hidden forever. This makes me ambitious in my desire to illustrate the human soul in depth, most often diving into my own, and sometimes I even manage to go directly through someone’s „beautiful“ or „ugly“ shell to reach its unadulterated essence. I am looking for the roots of human nature, which are entangled in the threads of our personal demons. Both flowers and weeds grow in human nature. Which of the two prevails in the flora of our soul depends on how we take care of this lush vegetation. The portraits I paint are not a reflection of reality, the images are imaginary, but nevertheless they are carriers of truth concentrated in the portrait variations of the mental states of the mind.“, K. Hristova, 2021

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