Katya Bim

Lady and the Unicorn, 100x90cm, acrylic on canvas

Flight of the Unicorn, 80x100cm

Escape from reality, 100x80cm, acrylic on canvas

Girl with a horse, 50x70cm, acrylic on canvas

Lady and the Hares, 80x60cm

I started by asking my children to draw on canvases with some carefully curated pens. They did not draw what I thought they wood. But after ruminating on these pictures in my studio,...

It is a double edged sward. A coin with two sides. My son spends his homeschool days busying his hands making sculptures out of cardboard. It was cars and planes, now its always guns. It breaks my heart but it is his creativity and I am divided in my feelings. Spending 6 hours in front of a computer when you are 10, I understand his need to do something with his hands. I would need to if I were in his shoes. So I provide ample cardboard and inspiration, glue guns and rubber bands. Perhaps he makes cardboard guns as an object of power. Like the cave people painting the pray they wanted to capture, he makes something that would give him power. My daughter has unicorns. She has the lyrics to her song. She has sitting still and behaving well and writing and reading as her power. In todays world, perhaps the female sex...

We learn about the complicated unwritten rules of society as a child. That story informs our adult life. one can get stuck at a point in growing up and sometimes never get past it. ...

This is one of my "Dear Milton" Series. This series is inspired by the works of Milton Avery and my tribute to his works. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an ...