“Painting, for me, is the sustaining of life, my own blood circulation. I came to this cycle of paintings gradually, working systematically over two years. First came a line, then a second, and another, and another, and a rhythm and a system took shape. New painterly discoveries and conclusions followed – everything is to be found in nature and in a human being, everything is bound together in the great Cosmic whole and in a small flower. Work began on the deliberate elaboration of the rhythms of lines and on layers of tone that make depth present. The works seemed to grow their own venation.
This systematic venation is met with everywhere in nature – in an ordinary blade of grass, in the branching crowns of mighty trees, in the high-summer harmony of Latvia's fields and meadows, in the bends of roads and the unceasing flow of rivers. In a human being the venation of the circulatory system, where even the smallest capillary has its own part to play, keeps the function of life going.”
About the artist
Elga Grīnvalde
Elga Grīnvalde (19 June 1966) studied glass art at the Riga School of Design and Art and at the Art Academy of Latvia (LMA). For two years she specialised in painting in the master studio of Uno Daņiļevskis at the Academy. She has worked as an art teacher. She has taken part in exhibitions since 1993, including many group exhibitions, open-air painting sessions and symposia, as well as artist residencies in Spain and Italy.