March 8 - International Women’s Day: Meet the Women Artists of People & Paintings Gallery

People & Paintings Gallery values the artistic journey of every artist it represents, celebrating the diversity of voices, styles, and creative paths that shape its international community. However, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the focus turns especially to the women artists of the gallery—their stories, their creative visions, and the artistic contributions they bring to the contemporary art world.

Through their works and personal narratives, these artists reflect resilience, creativity, and the richness of perspectives that women continue to bring to global visual culture. We invite you to discover their stories and art.

Krisztina Lőrincz

Hungarian artist Krisztina Lőrincz brings a multidisciplinary background into her artistic practice. Having studied music and theology before focusing on painting, she approaches art as a form of inner expression. Her works explore the idea that each artist communicates a unique emotional and spiritual world through color and form.

👉 Full story and artworks on her PPG profile: [https://www.peopleandpaintings.com/krisztina_lorincz]

Elena (Monacuba)

Monacuba’s work explores strong emotional contrasts through vibrant color and symbolic imagery. Her visual language blends figurative and expressive elements, creating compositions that invite viewers to reflect on identity, strength, and personal transformation.

👉 Full story and artworks: [https://peopleandpaintings.com/monacuba]

Evgenia Klimenko

Evgenia’s art is rooted in figurative painting while remaining open to contemporary interpretation. Through carefully composed scenes and traditional techniques, she captures everyday moments, landscapes, and emotional atmospheres that resonate with viewers across cultures.

👉 Full story and artworks: [https://peopleandpaintings.com/evgenia_klimenko]

Nina Litvin

With Eastern European roots and currently based in Israel, Nina Litvin works primarily in oil on canvas, creating expressive compositions where color and movement play a central role. After graduating from the Lviv Academy of Arts and working for years in design, she returned to painting in 2013, rediscovering art as a deeply personal form of expression. Her works often explore themes of inner life, transformation, and the emotional resonance between people and nature.

👉 Full story and artworks: [https://www.peopleandpaintings.com/nina_litvin]

Anna Drik

Born in Ukraine and later settled in the United States, Anna Drik combines minimalist graphic techniques with a sensitivity to movement inspired by her background in ballet. Working primarily with ink on paper, she creates delicate compositions where the human figure becomes an elegant gesture of line and rhythm.

👉 Full story and artworks: [https://peopleandpaintings.com/anna_drik]

✨ Closing Reflection

Together, these artists reflect the diversity of contemporary female artistic voices—from expressive painting and minimalist drawing to symbolic imagery and textured abstraction. Their practices remind us that art is shaped by individual journeys, cultural experiences, and personal perspectives.

This International Women’s Day, People & Paintings Gallery celebrates these women artists and invites audiences to explore the stories and creative visions that continue to enrich the global art landscape.

Moreover, discover all the artists represented by the gallery, as well as the wider creative voices that are part of its growing artistic network.

Explore more here:
🎨 Artists – [https://www.peopleandpaintings.com/artists]
🌍 Community – [https://www.peopleandpaintings.com/community]

by Cosmina M. Oltean

"Branches & Roots: Tree Studies" - rezultatele și catalogul expoziției

"Branches & Roots: Tree Studies" s-a desfășurat în luna Mai la People & Paintings Gallery, pe tema propusă de mine. Ideea proiectului pleacă de la o ilustrație proprie, ce se regăsește pe coperta catalogului.

 
Expoziția prezentă selecția de lucrări ale artiștilor care s-au înscris în expoziția "Branches and Roots: Tree Studies". Ni s-au alăturat 25 de artiști din 8 țări, care au înscris peste 50 de lucrări, din care am putut selecta puțin peste 20. 

Merită văzute!

https://peopleandpaintings.com/exhibitions/branches_and_roots_tree_studies 

Avem și 4 români acolo. Mă bucur mult pentru fiecare lucrare înscrisă și mulțumesc fiecărui artist care a răspuns apelului meu.
Lucrările selectate se văd în link și o puteți vota pe cea care vă place mai mult.

 
M-am bucurat să revăd expoziția și sub forma acestui frumos catalog, editat de managerul galeriei, dl. Dmitry Iofe. S-a dovedit un proiect tare frumos datorită fiecărei lucrări înscrise! Din nou, mulțumiri tuturor!

"Branches and Roots: Tree Studies", versiunea audio-video a expoziției!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxfTJJQfZ6U

Lucrările marcate pe diagonală cu pete de culoare au fost premiate!

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Exhibition Statement

The tree is a symbol often used in art, literature and religion, to illustrate the concept of interconnectivity between the sky and earth. An important element from nature, very often found in the art of all times, present in landscapes or studied in individual artworks, the tree is at some point the choice of every artist. With leaves, full of life, or empty, dry, the trees are represented in different settings depending on the season, in a realistic style or in interpretations with metaphorical references.

The symmetrical tree is a perfect construction, a perfect symbol of this endlessly repeating mathematical equation. Just like the human character, always ready to grow, the tree takes root and rises at the same time, finding in each curve of its branch the perfect image of the whole.

The roots and branches of the tree resemble the ramifications of lightning. Even the neurons of the human brain show branches very similar to the tree.

Maybe these lines already inspire you. Whether you want to paint landscapes with trees, or you want to do graphic studies, whether you will render something realistic or with philosophical references, show us what this theme makes you think about.

Cosmina M. Oltean, exhibition curator for PPG

The curator’s note:

The exhibition turned out excellent and this is thanks to each of you! I am very happy for all the great artworks submitted in such a large number and of such high artistic quality. Each contribution was valuable. Congratulations to all!

I analyzed all artworks and it was difficult to choose only 20. In the end there was 23 artworks selected. It is equally difficult to determine the prize because there are many good artworks that deserve it. I feel it as a great responsibility.

It has to be only one, so I choose to give the prize this time to Kathy Rivera for ’Barren’, for the wonderful way in which it meets the requirements of the theme. Congratulations!

I invite you all to remain close to the gallery and to sign up for future exhibitions as well, because beyond any award, these are wonderful opportunities to join and meet international artists, learn from them, show your art to the world and celebrate art.

Catalogul, în versiune PDF - https://peopleandpaintings.com/uploads/exhibitions/file_6rZGMY6yOCfJgjUdaHExXQLPt.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2nEf57v38IBa82CU1xED4X_3BStgibNTrR7zp2ebsISdn6NOjji9qplZw_aem_oRjhddd8pX3e3FOg0o3s7A 

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