#chipilova

@moderneden

So many of the world’s most compelling fairytales aren’t exactly steeped in rainbows and candy-covered unicorn chuckles – in fact, they tend to be a bit darker than you might think.⁣ ⁣ @kremena.chipilova’s 2020 oil painting, "A Wish Upon the Gentle Breeze", is inspired by “The Spirit of the Steppes”, a Slavic story that echoes the underlying theme of “Sleeping Beauty”.⁣ ⁣ The following line from "Steppes" so perfectly stirs up the gorgeously painterly atmosphere that Kremena has captured upon canvas: ⁣ ⁣ "Gentle Breezelet, soul of air, look not lightly on my pain; ⁣ Kindly lift me from despair, help me freedom to regain."⁣ ⁣ Visit https://ift.tt/3ngBJV1 to get swept up in many more of the artist's creatively poetic manifestations!⁣ ...⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CJropYAoIWy/

Valediction,oil on panel, 11x14

Teeth figure prominently in Edgar Allan Poe's horror-steeped March 1835 short story "Berenice", which was the inspiration for this creepy, beautifully stylized oil painting by @kremena.chipilova.⁣ ⁣ What made Poe a veritable master of his wordsmithing domain was the fact that in "Berenice" (as well as in countless other stories that he penned), he brilliantly **alluded** to a gruesome occurrence so that the reader would use their own imagination to manifest the scene.⁣ ⁣ Yes, in "Berenice", we KNOW the narrator suspects that his cousin's teeth are in the box, but reading the following line is what truly makes the chill sink into our bones:⁣ ⁣ "Why...did the hairs of my head erect themselves on end, and the blood of my body become congealed within my veins?" ⁣ ⁣ That is the spellbinding power of suggestion!⁣ ⁣ Love this work of art? Be sure to take a look at the companion video that Kremena made for her painterly version of "Berenice"! --> https://buff.ly/35QqVqJ⁣ ⁣ Want to read the original text of Edgar Allan Poe's "Berenice"? Here you go--> https://ift.tt/3tBn3Eq ⁣ ...⁣ posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CLBdy0mltUr/

Any painting spawned by one of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories makes us instantly intrigued. Of course, goth-y **anything** is irresistible, but there is a certain alchemy that results when brilliant literature serves as fertile ground for visual manifestations. In this case, Tampere, Finland-based @kremena.chipilova's oil painting, "Ligeia", was inspired by Poe's 1838 gothic horror about the sublime, otherworldly Lady Ligeia whose corpse hideously revivifies. Ahhh, now you want to read the story, right? Sure thing - we've got you covered! https://ift.tt/2iVPpcz As is the case with many of Kremena's wide-eyed muses, they are artfully stylized in a way that makes the beholder know that it is *her hand* pushing the paintbrush, including luxurious ringlets, delicate cheeks and elongated fingers. If you want to understand the significance of the scarlet droplets accumulating in Ligeia's glass, you're just going to have to read Poe's story, aren't you?? ... posted on Instagram - https://instagr.am/p/CMPW4tQMmsG/