Viachaslau Shainurau
Now I live in Vitebsk. I work in the technique of oil painting, as well as graphics and photography. Exhibition activity began in 2006. I actively participate in regional, republican and international art exhibitions and projects. I constantly open personal exhibitions presented by various projects. My works are in the collection of the Vitebsk Regional Museum of Local Lore, of the Gorodok Regional Museum of Local Lore, as well as in private collections in Belarus, Russia, Germany, Italy, and the USA.
Artist’s statement
Sometimes there are moments when just taking a picture of a particular moment is not enough. You look at a photograph and then remember that moment. There is an understanding that something is missing. I would like to convey much more. And the general atmosphere, and mood, and inner state. I would like to show how I see and feel it myself. After all, the camera only mechanically captures a moment from life. And no more.
The world is as beautiful as it is. I’m not trying to remake or change it. In my works I want to convey the beauty of the external and internal world, world of nature and man, their mutual relations and feelings of each of us. After all, nothing so worries about how misty haze in the morning coolness and a slight smile of the eyes of the native person
Then I begin to draw on paper my impressions of this moment. It doesn’t matter what and how, be it paints or pencils. And maybe even it will not be exactly like in the photo. And most likely, this drawing will be far from the original. And at the same time, much closer than in the photo. The drawing will convey the atmosphere, the general state, how I saw this moment.
And yet my works is very realistic. This is the only way to convey the beauty that I see. After all, how can abstraction convey a girl’s smile or look? No way! This is the beauty of realistic display. It is it that allows me to most fully express how I see or imagine the world around me.
I am often asked what inspires me to create such paintings. The answer is very simple, me inspires everything that surrounds us, everything that we see and feel, our whole life. After all, man is so arranged that he cannot create something out of nothing. He certainly needs to see or feel, and then he will transform it into something new. This is how the author’s vision of a creative person is created.
And yet, out of the great diversity of the world, I prefer to portray people. I love to explore the appearance, character of faces, emotions and feelings, delve into the inner state, feel what a person is going through. And then I transfer all this into work. I show how a person harmoniously fits into the space of the surrounding world, how light passes through the air.
In the process of working on the picture, I completely immerse myself in the atmosphere of the plot. I imagine that I am in the same place, nearby. This bright light also falls on me and the wind blows my hair. And then I open my eyes and draw…
