ELENA GEORGIEVA, Nuances of Silence – painting 10-24.03.2026

ELENA GEORGIEVA

Nuances of Silence

Painting

March 10-24, 2026

The exhibition will be opened by Prof. Krasimira Koeva on March 10 (Tuesday) at 6 p.m.

Every mountain has a spine carved by storms, every tree has its own profile curved toward the sun, and every colour has a story to tell about you.

When he decided to paint the Grand Canyon, David Hockney chose to work from memory so that he could convey that special feeling of infinity. I believe that many of you have experienced this mountainous feeling—the elements of the landscape, strongly projected into the horizon and the vertical, toy with the senses. You feel slightly dizzy, as if you are shrinking and almost dissolving into the vast space. The ozone blue has a taste, and cool droplets sprinkle your cheeks. I invite such sensitive, almost tactile visions into my studio.

This exhibition presents mountain landscapes from different geographical and visual perspectives. Nature is not rendered documentarily, although I have my claims in terms of topography. The choice of locations is determined by light and aerial perspective, and colour is the main protagonist.

The National Gallery in London has a painting by Edgar Degas from 1896 entitled “La Coiffure” is one of the artist’s typical genre scenes, painted in uncharacteristic bright red, tangerine orange, and beige broad strokes that captivate the eye as soon as you enter the gallery. The painting was purchased by Henri Matisse and inspired his famous red interiors. Color evokes emotion and could exist in a world independent of form. This is the suggestion I seek on an intuitive level when developing my palette. Colored light, contrasting harmonies that create the illusion of depth. The green of April, which shines after the rain and paints the clouds. The fragile silver shades of the dawning day and the cozy red of the golden hour, which shimmers through the half-closed eyelids. Shades of silence.

Elena Georgieva, March 2026