A one-woman show by Simferopol-based painter Tetiana Shevchenko opened at the Aquarelle [Watercolor] gallery. The exhibition is titled My Crimea and consists of pastel drawings.
Tetiana Shevchenko’s love for the Crimea is beyond doubt. Sometimes it becomes true rapture if not exultation. Of course, the sea and mountains are present in her pastels in every possible shape and perspective. And then (sad but logical in its way) it appears that beauty, even the beauty of the Crimea, can be too much. The Simferopol artist’s landscapes acquire an unpleasant aftertaste of a “seascape for tourists” or, even worse, a vacation advertisement. As a result, the more laconic her works are, the more interesting they appear (A Sandy Spit). After all, beauty can exist without any sea (Birches, Spring in the Highlands, or The Old Bridge). Flowers waft most charmingly at this exhibition, Crimean or not (Tulips and Lilies of the Valley, Flower Cocktail, or Japanese Motif).
