nina ulana art

Dreamscapes

"Spring Equinox," acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

"Animal Spirit," acrylic on canvas, 40" x 40"

"Chicago Gargoyles at Midnight," acrylic on canvas, 48" x 38"

"Aon Center Crows," acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

"Gemini," acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

"Poppy Dream," acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

"The Struggle," acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

"California Night Poppy," acrylic on canvas, 24" x 20"

"Amazon River Blues," acrylic on canvas, 28" x 22"

"Koi New Moon Starry Night," acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

"Technology," acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"

"New Liberty," acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30"

"Waiting for Change," acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30"

Scapes 2: Land, Mind & Body

"Scapes 2: Land, Mind & Body," was the last group exhibit I participated in with my mother, Dzvinka, and my sister, Tatiana. I welcome you to view their blogs.

http://dzvinkasart.blogspot.com

http://tatianapaints.blogspot.com

Dzvinka Stifel, Nina Ulana and Tatiana Weinstein (mothers and daughters, respectively), are exhibiting their artwork at the Oak Park Public Library's art gallery during the month of June. Reception will be held on Sunday, June 3 from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Their paintings represent three different perspectives of our external and internal worlds in the form of landscapes, mindscapes and bodyscapes. Dzvinka's landscapes depict scenes from the road, in the rural Midwest. The artist's goal is to inspire gratitude of the natural beauty around us in ordinary scenes. Nina's mindscapes represent our internal psyche in dimensional scapes. Sometimes called dreamscapes, her paintings physically depict our imagination and our subconscious. Tatiana's bodyscapes combine the still life and figurative painting. Bodies and books are her subject matter as well as her passion.

Metropolis

This is "Metropolis," a fiberglass sculpture (molded by Cow Painters in Chicago) that I painted for the Oak Park Area Arts Council's Parade of Pigs and Pleasant Home Auction in Oak Park, IL. It was quite a project. "Metropolis" was part of our household for quite some time while being created, and at 3 feet high and approximately 5 feet in length, he was no small visitor! If you are interested in seeing the stages of this creation, images are posted below.

Metropolis - in stages

Initial sketch on paper

Home in the studio

Drawing and painting commence

Making sure to include all small details

Finished! and named "Metropolis"

Metropolis participating in "Pigs on Parade" in Oak Park, IL
Sponsored by Gloor Realty

Autumn arrived; time for Metropolis to be auctioned off

Auction held at the Pleasant Home in Oak Park, IL
Auction run by the Oak Park Area Arts Council

Metropolis was auctioned off and I never saw him again...until a year ago.
He was relaxing on someone's front porch just a block away from my house.

It definitely is a small world.