Dina Belaia
Dina started her visual art training at an early age while living in former USSR. As a teenager she joined the Analytical Art Studio, and still follows this school and artistic method for 30 years. In Canada, she continued her studies and graduated in Visual Arts from York University. She works as an illustrator and graphic designer and even a face/body painter, as well as a fine artist. Dina is a practicing artist who has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally, where her works received numerous merit awards and prizes. She is an Associate member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Dina's drawings and paintings follow the school of Analytical Abstractionism (see www.analytical-art.com).
It employs a process of non-programmed creating forms from particular to whole, analysing the appearing image rather than synthesizing it. Try to understand not "what", but "how" it is done.
Be interested not in the face of the clock, but in the inner mechanism to understand progression of time.
Dina started her visual art training at an early age while living in former USSR. As a teenager she joined the Analytical Art Studio, and still follows this school and artistic method for 30 years. In Canada, she continued her studies and graduated in Visual Arts from York University. She works as an illustrator and graphic designer and even a face/body painter, as well as a fine artist. Dina is a practicing artist who has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally, where her works received numerous merit awards and prizes. She is an Associate member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
Dina's drawings and paintings follow the school of Analytical Abstractionism (see www.analytical-art.com).
It employs a process of non-programmed creating forms from particular to whole, analysing the appearing image rather than synthesizing it. Try to understand not "what", but "how" it is done.
Be interested not in the face of the clock, but in the inner mechanism to understand progression of time.
$675.00
Graphite on paper (framed).
24x30"
FIGURED OUT is an analytical composition formed by numerous human figures, some intertwined, and some unaware of each other. Human condition, human distance, self-awareness and understanding, introspection and human complexity show through the intricate details, as the viewers discover new shapes and themes indefinitely.
$575.00
Graphite on paper (framed).
20x28"
A drawing of Adam and Eve, who were so unaware of each other, that they never met. The serpent holding an apple died waiting for them to notice each other. A humorous alternative to the most famous Biblical story, the artwork still deals with issues of human distance, misunderstanding and loneliness.
$625.00
Watercolour, graphite on paper (framed).
18x22"
In the vortex of complicated shapes appears an open palm, and then the character's profile. The image becomes a hand gesture, where the character tries to fence off the convoluted world and says "Enough! Too complicated".
$925.00
Graphite, white pastel on toned paper (framed).
22x28"
"Voices Within" is an analytical composition, representing the human condition, specifically inner fears and pains of decision-making, and of human mind in general.
$525.00
Mixed media on paper (framed).
16x20"
Charon is the minor god of the underworld, whose duty is to ferry over the river of death the souls of the newly deceased. This artwork is an analytical composition, based on a feeling of inner and eternal coldness, reflected in this poem:
Grief will eat through your soul.
A frame of ice from all sides.
Charon is calling out:
“Pass your fee for the ride!”
And outside is all ice.
A thousand cold dead years.
There’s no discount for you,
No discount, he says.
- Ivan Davydov
$675.00
Ink, marker on paper (framed).
21x21"
An analytical composition of intricate shapes (some abstract and some figurative), which form a stylized image of a horse. This represents the complexity of creation and the wild twists of free development.
$425.00
Mixed media, acrylic on canvas.
12x23"
An abstracted image of a naked king, who still retains dignity and is maintained by his own strength rather than clothes.
$425.00
Graphite, white pastel on toned paper (framed).
12x12"
An analytical composition where various elements form a fatigued and distressed character. While the eye travels around this intricate and detailed drawing, the viewer will understand, relate and empathize with the unavoidable human condition of being under pressure.
$700.00
Acrylic on canvas (framed).
22x18"
An analytical composition of faces, formed by sharp ice crystals and isolated by different planes and levels. Only one face is partly human and warm, and its warmth is reflected in cold and icy features of the surrounding characters.
$525.00
Acrylic on canvas.
12x12"
An analytical composition, where abstract shapes turn into both human faces and buildings, creating a cityscape of people.