FLAMENCO – ITS PHILOSOPHY, THE FASCINATING STRENGTH OF THE LINES OF THE DANCE – IS THE ESSENCE OF PAINTER SARA'S PERSONAL LIFE.
SARA IS THE SECOND CHRISTENED NAME OF PAINTER IEVA BREIKŠA, FELT DEEP WITHIN AND ADOPTED WHILE STUDYING PAINTING IN PARIS, FRANCE. IT SERVES AS IEVA BREIKŠA'S PSEUDONYM IN ART.

THE SKETCHES HAVE EVOLVED INTO CANVASES, OFFERING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE EMOTION OF THE MOMENT AT THE GALLERY. THE AUTHENTIC FEELING OF THE MOMENT IS PRESERVED BY THE PAINTER IN THE PORTRAIT LIKENESS OF THE DANCERS, RENDERED IN LIGHT, SKETCHY BRUSHSTROKES. THE MODELLING OF THE SHAPES FORMS THE CHARACTERISTIC IDENTITIES OF THE INNER WORLD OF THE FIGURES, THEIR CONTEMPLATION AND FULFILMENT OF THEIR CREATIVE ENERGIES. THE SENSUALITY OF THE LINES BRINGS TO LIFE THE FIGURES OF THE DANCERS; THEIR TRANSCENDENTAL MOMENT OF EXISTENCE IS IN TURN CHARACTERISED BY THE FAUVISTIC PALETTE OF THE WARM COLOUR SCHEME.
REFLECTIONS OF LIGHT EMPHASISE THE LINES OF THE SLENDER NECKS, GLIDE OVER THE DANCERS' BODIES AND PLAY ON THE RUFFLES OF THEIR SKIRTS, CREATING VOLUME.

THE COMPOSITION OF THE PAINTINGS IS COMPLETED BY IMPASSIVE SQUARES OF WINDOWS IN THE VERTICAL PLANES OF WALLS AND THE HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT LINE OF THE FLOOR, WHICH DIVIDES THE SURFACE OF THE PAINTINGS INTO COMPOSITIONAL PLAYING GROUNDS; THE SKIES THAT FORM THE BACKDROP OF THE PAINTINGS DEEPEN THE CHARACTERISATION OF THE FIGURES, ENDOWING THEM WITH THE EMOTIONAL AESTHETICS OF SPIRITUAL BALANCE.

THE PAINTER WORKS IN COLOUR PIGMENTS AND OILS. THE LAYERS OF PAINT ARE THIN AND LET THE NATURAL TEXTURE OF THE CANVAS SHOW THROUGH. THE BRUSHSTROKE IS ENERGETIC AND VIVACIOUS. THE EXHIBITION WORKS HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THE ALLA PRIMA STYLE, PRESERVING THE DANCERS' INNER WORLDS, THEIR LIGHTNESS.

ILZE KUISELE, DIRECTOR OF TIFANA ART GALLERY