About the artist

Anna
Demidova.

Many Selves. This self-portrait is built from bright areas of colour, dots and ornamental lines. The face remains recognisable within the dense pattern. Repeated marks connect it with the surrounding field of colour.
Many Selves. Self-portrait, acrylic on paper.

Anna Demidova is an artist living and working in Serbia. Painting has been part of her life for many years. She is now dedicating more of her time to developing her artistic practice.

Working mainly in acrylic, Anna explores spirals, natural forms, human figures and imagined spaces. A composition develops through the making: the movement of paint offers a starting point, while close attention reveals where it might lead.

She is drawn to colour and fleeting impressions in the work of Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat and Paul Gauguin. Her personal meditation practice informs a way of being present rather than a predetermined set of rules for painting.

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In her own words

“I usually paint in a flow, and most importantly, without an initial idea. What the result will be is always a surprise, even to me.”

“I love watching colours spread over the canvas and mingle into intricate patterns. I look closely at what is happening and help the forms I notice become visible.”

“I find a great deal that is meditative in free creation. Being present, here and now.”

Анна Демидова

Watching an
image emerge.

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