I use oil on canvas, “sculpting” nostalgic moments using thick brush strokes of layered oil colors on canvas. I’m exploring issues such as memories, dreams, history and the meanings of time. In my paintings there are cut outs, isolated fragments/moments placed in a fantastic, mysterious, sentimental and romantic context. Oil as the material has a great part in my works. It is the classical material which contains a historical collective memory and meaning. For me it symbolizes the history, the time that is passing and the layers that time creates and covers at the same time. Oil maintains the memory of layers.
Ukraine/Israel
http://www.alinashmukler.com
