Ponomarenko Irina

Biography

I am self-education in the best sense of the word. My school is a continuous process of experimentation, searching and deep interaction with materials. The absence of formal education results in your strength: freedom from canons and courage in experimentation.
I do not just use paints (acrylic, oil), I create the basis for painting by working with factors. The combination of fabric and textile paste with picturesque layers creates a unique, tactile reality on its canvas. Abandoning the attachment to one style is a conscious stance.

Creative path
My path is the path of permanent dialogue: dialogue with materials, with images within and with reality around. It’s a fascinating and never-ending process, and it sounds like you’re at its very heart. The phrase "I strive to improve my craft with every work" is a credo of true artist. Every painting is both a saying and a lesson to me.

What is the artist’s work about
My work is not about "guess what it is". It’s about feeling. The geology of the soul, where the layers of feelings - joy, anxiety, rest - are enjoyed like a textile paste and fabric on canvas. It is a memory dissolved in color. A conversation in which, instead of words, matter is made and, instead of tone, there is a smear dynamic.
I experiment with techniques and materials not for complexity, but for honesty. Sometimes it feels rough, rough - it needs sand and a broken edge. Sometimes it is fragile and shiny - then the glaze of acrylic or oil depth comes in.
Artistic style
My style. It’s like the music you see. If my paintings could be heard, it would be jazz. Improvisation on a given theme. The theme is a feeling, an impression, a burst of color in memory. And the tools - acrylic, oil, fabric, paste. Everyone sounds differently: the acrell is a clear hit, the oil is a velvet aftershock, the fabric is the noise of a saxophone, and the paste itself is a rhythm that can be touched.

Sometimes the composition is built on a powerful, expressive gesture (like French jazz). Sometimes - on harmonious, lyrical pauses. But always at the core - a living, instantaneous emotion, caught and stopped on canvas. My style is visual improvisation. Where the only rule is sincerity.

Art lover.
Connoisseur, let’s be clear. Do you come to an exhibition or pull up a feed. What is your eye and your soul looking for? Uniqueness? Sincerity? The trace of a master?
Let me tell you what I put into my work, and why it might resonate with you:
1. Time. My works are not instant sketches. They are layers. Days, and sometimes weeks, of drying, thinking, applying new layers. This is materialized time, which can be seen in the patterns of the texture.
2. Searching. I do not reproduce one successful job. Every new job is a risk and an experiment. You are not buying a "picture", but a unique stage of artistic exploration.
3. Tactfulness. In the world of digital pixels, I suggest returning to the material. The roughness, warmth of the fabric, and cold glaze of resin are hands-on experiences that cannot be replaced by a screen.
4. Silence. My abstraction is often not a scream, but a space for silence and my thoughts. It does not impose a plot, but creates an environment where one can place their fortune.