"Colorful Moments". Personal exhibition of artworks by Ekaterina Tikhonova. November 13 - 29, 2015

Personal exhibition of artworks by Ekaterina Tikhonova wil be held from November 13 till November 29 at A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theater Museum, in the Theater Salon on Tverskoy boulevard (11, Tverskoy boulevard). Paintings, graphics, batik.

Ekaterina Tikhonova’s creative activity is variable and comprehensive. It includes delicious-looking still lifes in oil and tempera, landscapes and fantasy batiks as if illustrating fairy tales. The artist’s eye catches something elusive and attractive in everyday life and transforms ordinary objects into mysterious compositions, allegoric images and sometimes into something totally unpredictable even for herself. The graphic character of her canvases makes her perception close to that of a photographer who is looking for the right angle with the help of his camera, searching for the point to base her story on. And here comes the artist’s fascination by silk printing: she can let her imagination run wild in it. Amazing flowers turn into incredible figures, filled with sensuality, the straight line of city houses curves, going beyond the “road”, covering the whole canvas and transmuting into an endless starry night.

Ekaterina Tikhonova does not focus on one particular subject or genre, she is keen on experimenting: any object can capture her attention and become a starting point for her fantasy. Even the most classic works, in their traditional sense, reveal that unstoppable power of search. Bright colors, combination of real and abstract images, variable techniques that the artist employs in her creative activity - all these are her “colorful moments” snatched out of reality and captured between the past and the future by the masterly brush.