Elena Done

My artistic concept is a celebration of life, positivity, and the belief in miracles. My paintings bring energy and happiness to people's homes, and serve as a source of inspiration and motivation for those who view them. My paintings feature vibrant colors, bold brushstrokes, a lot of pastose layers and uplifting imagery. My life concept as well as an artistic one is focused on the idea of manifesting dreams and desires. I inspire people to believe in the power of positive thinking, following a dream and the possibility of creating their own personal paradise. I have found myself relating with the term “Paradise”, from an idealist’s representation of “Paradise” to an everyday perception of smaller “paradises” of my heroes and their dreams. My artistic concept could be centered around the idea of creating a visual representation of a personal paradise. The style that I paint this series can be called Marvellous Realism, I combine figurative painting with decorative elements, with ornaments. Each painting is a combination of life and artifacts. My marvellous realism It is not a fantasy, it is not a fiction, it is combination of a very original figurative and magical decorative context all together. So I merge figutative and decorative art, translating figurative images into the abstract realm. I received academic art diploma in Sourikoff academic institute I and was a member of union of artists of Moscow. As a result of personal experience of moving from Eastern to western Europe, from megapolis capital city into a quiet Costa-del-Sol,   from northern pearly colour pallets to southern screaming exuberant colours, my identity as well as my artistic language was exposed to a huge transformation. I research and absorb the culture code of the “Magic of Andalucía”, colourful flowers, tropical gardens, fabrics of flamenco dancers, spices of Morocco…. Spanish Cultural heritage is for me an honest translation of “Paradise”.