Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Elena Dokoska
SHADOW
Painting
2020
Acrylic, oil paint on wood
3.5'x3'
The dark hardships of trees are often overlooked or unnoticed behind their visually beautiful exteriors. Similarly, humans are able to put forth a face to the world which hides their socially undesired emotions and pain. Trees undergo life changing hardship and pain much like we do which can happen interiorly or underground invisible to humans as we don’t see the whole picture. The SHADOW often has an energy potential nearly as great as that of our EGO.
Work by
Elena Dokoska
“My current practice explores reflections of self identity through my connection to trees and nature, mixed with memories and themes of nostalgia. These ideas delve further into topics of 'owning your...” [More]