Veils of the Unseen: Dialogues with the Sublime

In the paintings of Zhanna Kriukova, we are invited into realms just beyond our reach—otherworldly dimensions that pulse with harmony, silence, and wonder. Rooted in a lifelong fascination with nature, astrophysics, and the esoteric, Kriukova's work is a gentle but persistent reminder that our visible world is not all that exists. Above us, like the hidden stars during daylight, lie vast and divine realities—mysterious, luminous, and eternally present. Kriukova’s creative process begins with reverence. Bowing before the majesty of nature, she departs from the literal landscape to chart inner terrains—fantasy worlds shaped not by logic but by feeling, memory, and vision. In her universe, nature is eternal and commanding, while humanity is small, humble, and occasionally allowed to listen. Her scenes often show landscapes uninhabited, untouched, as if in waiting—or as if still belonging to the time before we arrived. But when people do appear, they are not intruders. Rather, they are dreamers, seekers of harmony who have been granted rare access to commune with nature’s spirit. And in these rare moments of connection, music becomes the sacred bridge. A lone flute, a whisper of melody—these become tools of communication between worlds. In Kriukova’s vision, music is not just sound, but a cosmic language that Nature understands. Each canvas is a threshold, a suggestion that what we know is only a fragment of what is. Through soft colors, celestial light, and serene emptiness, Zhanna Kriukova beckons us to look again, not with our eyes, but with our imagination and intuition.

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Her work asks: What if the stars never left? What if they are always here, just waiting for the right light to see them?