Dasha Pogodina

The battle is inside of me

2022

"Journey Home: A Mother's Tale" by Ukrainian artist Tetiana Pchelnikova is a refined continuation of her deep artistic exploration of women's role in society. This large oil painting...

Childhood fairy tales and memories of magic follow us as we grow up. The Scarlet Flower is my favorite fairy tale. Today, seeing my granddaughter bending over a flower in the garden,...

"The Power of Good," a compelling 100x100 cm oil on canvas from the "Self-Perception" series, manifests a profound narrative steeped in the contemporary struggle for moral triumph. T...

Gardens of Resilience: Cultivating Hope There is a literary saying: "For Ukrainians, the heart is in children, the soul is in songs, and life is in gardens." The "Gardens of Resilien...

ABOUT THE ARTWORK "Rising in Unity," this poignant artwork, explores themes of kinship, growth, and the nurturing aspect of nature. The two figures stand as mirror images, their sha...

Gardens of Resilience: Cultivating Hope There is a literary saying: "For Ukrainians, the heart is in children, the soul is in songs, and life is in gardens." The "Gardens of Resilien...

«Ta meg i mot» oil on canvas by Anastína Eyjólfsdóttir. A toppless woman equipped with blue boxing gloves poses by the shore. Behind her, the sky and small strip of sea create a bl...

This painting is from my undergrad senior thesis at Skidmore College in 2013. This was an important painting for me because it was the very first bridge between my print making and ...

Large scale acrylic painting with gold oil paint elements of female nude lounging in her home office chair. Bold, confident, and bright, this painti...

This painting is from my undergrad senior thesis at Skidmore College in 2013. This was an important painting for me because it was the very first bridge between my print making and ...

Red Nude oil on canvas Original, one-of-a-kind, painting. FRAMED with gold minimalist frame Part of "Nude in Interior" solo show, March 2022. Artist Statement "I started by painti...

"Nude in French interior", in a room lighted from one side. Part of my Nude in interior series. Inspired in contrast and colors by French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Nude placed in a French palace, a sober classical interior in contrast with the modern relaxed attitude of the main character. Size is 150x150cm / 59x59in, oil on canvas. Painting was part of my solo show "Nude in Interior", March 2022. Can be shipped rolled in a tube for faster and less expensive shipping. Please inquire. "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...