"GIRL WITH A PIGEON"

PURPOSE IS AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT – YET CREATED THROUGH PICTORIAL MEANS IT BECOMES VISIBLE; IT BECOMES A PARTICIPANT OF THE CONVERSATION.

ARTIST LEONĪDS ĀRIŅŠ PURSUES THE SEARCH FOR HIS EXISTENCE AND HIS PURPOSE IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF HIS STUDIO. ONLY THERE HE CREATES HIS CANVASES.

HIS INTELLECTUAL TURN OF MIND FAVOURS ANALYSIS OF THE NOTIONS OF MODERNISM INSPIRED BY THE 20TH CENTURY AND THEIR CREATIVE AND DISTINCTIVE INTERPRETATION, RESULTING IN HIS OWN INIMITABLE STYLE OF PAINTING.

THE CREATIVE PROCESS BRINGS TOGETHER PRINCIPLES OF NON-FIGURATIVE ART AND FAUVISTIC COLOUR EXPANSE RATIOS, RESTRAINED YET STRONG RHYTHMICS OF BRUSHSTROKES IN THE ORNAMENTALLY CREATIVE COMPOSITIONS, AND A BRILLIANT PALETTE OF RICH COLOURS.

THE SURFACE TEXTURES OF LEONĪDS ĀRIŅŠ' PAINTINGS ARE AS DIVERSE AS HIS EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL CREATIVITY – AN "INTERFACE" OF THE ARTIST'S VALUES AND KNOWLEDGE, IN WHICH THE PAINTER HIMSELF OPERATES AS THE ORIGINATOR OF ARTISTIC ENERGY.

TEXT BY ILZE KUIŠELE