Feminine silhouettes and floral nature fusing in rainbow colors

Silhouettes of women in oriental style, floral nature, emotions and bright impressions are seen fused at a batik art exhibition by Olesea Shibaeva, hosted by the OSCE Mission in Chisinau. Some visitors, impressed by the color palette of the exhibition, predicted the artist would earn a spot in the history of Moldovan plastic arts. At the age of 25, Olesea is having its 15th exhibition, featuring 57 pieces. “Batik is my old passion, and the women's silhouettes and the flowers are the creatures I love to paint the most”, says Oleasea. Olesea Shibaeva recognizes she is tempted by gestures and emotionally-based forms rather than by logic. “I love painting women and flowers because they have close resemblance. I used these bright colors because I wanted to bring joy to every woman in this rather cold season”. Olesea uses Oriental as well as local motifs in her works. “I made a painting inspired by Mihai Eminescu's Luceafarul /The Morning Star/ and I'm going to devote an entire series to this theme. I put very much feelings into these paintings”. She revealed that her Oriental inclination stemmed from visits to the Tajik capital Dushanbe, which she loved very much. She also finds inspiration in her Moscow memories. Visiting the exhibition, arts professor Alla Uvarova, from the Pedagogical University Ion Creanga, says her student Olesea has always liked to paint detailed and very delicate things, and has become very good at it. “Her art is based on intuition, she puts no logic in the structure of her paintings. Pure emotions are what guides her. Olesea still needs some theory upgrades, but that I think she'll achieve during her post-graduate studies of fashion”. Indeed, Olesea's future plans include fashion design. Impressed by the variety of the colors on the paintings, author Svetlana Lozinskaia says that every work on display is of “unusual beauty”. “These paintings are alive, and give life. There's nothing numb here, everything is so alive and bright. We need such kind of artists to find a brighter and more beautiful world”. The exhibition will run until December 29.