Diana Elena Chelaru

Under the Stars, Original Painting

2024

Artist Comments
The artwork depicts an expressionist city landscape at night, emphasizing emotions and subjective experience over realism. A woman's figure lies among the stars, adding to the dreamlike allure of the scene. Her posture conveys contemplation and introspection.

About the Artist
Artist Diana Chelaru paints colorful expressionist interpretations of human emotion. “Art is a means of communication, it is how I express my thoughts, hopes, regrets, and joys,” says Diana. She experiments with working on large-scale paintings using the visual language of form, lines, and color to create compositions that exist only in her imagination. Growing up in Romania, she draws inspiration from Byzantine mosaics as well as Gustav Klimt’s subject matter and use of decorative patterns. She received her BFA in Painting from George Enescu Art University and finished her MA in Art History from Queens College. Diana simply goes with the flow rather than dwelling on the formulaic process. It all depends on how and what she feels at the moment. She indulges in music while she creates her work.

Words that describe this painting: celestial, stars, woman, female, city, mystical, universe, space, buildings, figure, figurative, skyline, planets, sky, architecture, expressionism, people, acrylic painting, blue

Under the Stars
Diana Elena Chelaru
Acrylic painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind

2024
36 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
4 lbs. 3 oz.