A creative portrait of the painter Natalja Donskaja

24/06/2025 A creative portrait of the painter Natalja Donskaja between fantasy and reality
Although the painter Natalja Donskaja lives and works in Kėdainiai, she has participated in international collective art exhibitions in all European countries. She is an internationally recognized artist who creates on the theme of plants and flowers.The author's work is a journey through imaginary worlds, where natural motifs merge with abstraction, and reality intertwines with dreams. She expresses the intangible with colors and shapes - feelings, moods and inner landscapes.She created a solid foundation for her creative work at the Kėdainiai Art School, which became the cornerstone of my artistic expression. However, real experience and discoveries came through constant research, experimentation and participation in various art projects.Currently, I am creating floristic ideas on canvas, exploring how plant shapes and colors can be revealed in painting. Painting has accompanied the author for many years, my works have been exhibited in Lithuania and in international galleries in Germany, England, Italy, France, Poland, Thailand, Malaysia, Hungary, Spain. Each work is an invitation to pause, feel and discover its meaning.The goal of the work of the painter Natalja Donskaja is to create art that not only decorates the space, but also evokes emotions, encourages reflection and opens the door to new sensations.Elements of impressionism and abstraction are often found in the work of the painter Natalja Donskaja. Often, the plots depicted in abstract paintings are associated with nature and floral motifs. A sensitive approach to everyday life, an important relationship with the details encountered in everyday life, are of particular importance in the author's work. Pastel tones prevail in the paintings of the painter Natalja Donskaja, sometimes brighter shades are found. Important themes in the author's work are the fixation of emotional states and themes of inner worlds.In the international art magazine “Contrasts”, painter Natalya Donskaya presents several paintings from the cycle “Language of Emotions”. In the cycle “Language of Emotions”, painter Natalya Donskaya created a cycle about how flowers express the language of emotions, identifying them with the language of human emotions. The author expresses all emotional states through form, through colors, through lines and movement. The undulation of abstract forms and lines in the artistic composition is important. Artistic interpretations of flower forms are important in each work.The next presented artistic collection of canvases by the author is “Florist's Ideas”. The collection of paintings “Florist's Ideas” is another cycle of the author's interpretations on the theme of flowers. In this cycle, the author interprets flower and plant motifs differently. A modern expressive manner is important. Each canvas contains a lot of emotions, color movement, interpretations of states, the author tries to interpret each movement and state of a flower or plant motif in a unique way, combining it with an aesthetic and harmonious environment.Description and key features of the work of the painter Natalja Donskaja: the canvases of the paintings of the painter Natalja Donskaja are characterized by abstract and expressive forms, bright and muted colors, dominated by floral motifs and themes of landscapes with flowers. In each painting, it is important to reveal the experiences and emotions of the inner world. Each painting tells a unique and distinctive story. The variety of selected floral and plant motifs is important. Symbolic and abstract elements are important.Art critic Gabrielė Kuizinaitė