Marina R Vladis was born in Odessa Ukraine a beautiful sea town. She loved her homeland and was sad to leave her family and friends behind.  Because of  political atmosphere in 1978 at the age of twelve her family decided to immigrate. The journey lasted many  months before finally settling in Brooklyn NY on Brighton Beach where large Russian community had  settled. Living abroad at a young age in a beautiful countries in Austria and Italy, being in the  center of the extraordinary arts, architecture, and worlds best museums she  developed sense of taste and beauty. In 2011 her emotions exploded and the brush was applied to the canvas, in her words she expresses the meaning of what art means to her~

 

"Painting is silent Poetry, and poetry painting that speaks." Attributed to Simonides by Plutarch in his De Gloria Atheniensium, III, 346

"Versatility is the key to my paintings, I give thought to the 'viewer' as I paint, not trying to paint every detail, but trying to awaken the imagination of a human mind. I always leave something undone so the 'viewer' not only looks, but becomes involved in the creative process. The images, symbols, and compositions that stem from personal, social, political realities are often a foil to assist in the realization of feelings generated by that evasive notion." Movement, Colors, Shapes, Pattern, Line, and Texture - these are some of the elements of art that I find exciting. I paint for sheer joy- the passion of it. Images taken from every day life are translated into visual descriptions on the canvas with challenges of working out relationship between the elements into successful composition. Creating, communicating, experimenting and placing oneself into the work, by putting paint to the surface with emotion, is the connection for me.