Lidija

Visual Art – Boston

The cycle of our planet, going billions of years back shows how everything is constantly coming and going, leaving nothing except the nature that absorbs and constantly rejuvenates life. Then I found something that made me question the life of constant change and oblivion- Bog bodies, the ancient human remains that have been long preserved and discovered in Bog’s wetlands in Northern Europe, Great Britain and Ireland.In my paintings I seek to connect the human body and memories, to represent the organic world as emotions still living within grass and branches. By using thick brushstrokes, I aim to create a new dimension on canvas where I can explore visual but also a tangible texture. The idea of Bog bodies has opened avenues through which I can personify and make emotions tangible by giving them character – a face. They are emotions that scream to be noticed and never forgotten. In this way nature appears to me by showing me not the short life spans of living beings, but its dynamic existence in every shape that keeps our memories alive.