Mountains - monumental majestic giants, who have been observing the hustle and bustle of the human world for millennia, retaining memories of meteor showers, dinosaurs, and the first humans. They provide refuge for spiritual ascetics and pleasure for hikers. Mountains, a place of power, strength, and healing.
A daring journey to one of the highest points of Azerbaijan, my homeland, with 8 hours of hiking and 2 nights in camp - this is how I welcomed the year 2022. It was a challenging journey in every way: the village of Laza, near which I stayed, also became the place where I affirmed a new state of mind and spirit for myself. There, I was finally convinced that my severe depressive episode had ended, and a new eye of life and creativity was opened.
Shaven, deeply immersed in yogic teachings and the study of spiritual texts, I documented this transformative process in the painting "January in Laza" (2022). This abstract landscape conveys the sense of divine power presence that I so clearly observed through nature.
The medium of oil paints allowed me to convey lightness, the canvas texture conveyed the intimate interiority, the pastel color palette became the direct result of the changing internal state, and the soft, "flowing" forms allow the viewer to empathize with my "flexible" state of soul.
“January in Laza” (2022); 15x20 cm; oil on canvas.
