Kristina Geiler

It is impossible without learning the craft. But the craft ceases to be useful when it restricts. So, studying realism, you try to make the colors on the canvas as close as possible to natural ones. But when you embody your own idea, priorities change. The truth is illustrated by the saying: first 10,000 hours of practice, only then understanding. Many thanks to my teachers, Ksenia Alekseeva, for the painstaking and time-consuming process of learning and immersion in the world of paints, painting and art, Marina Rakhmatullina - for opening the doors to the world of sculpture.

Enjoying color is both a process and a goal. When designing a painting, I know which primary colors I will use. But how I will achieve this or that color, I find out only in the process. The color should be effective - I left this designation from my previous profession, and it is true for me.

The inner child is who I want to keep in myself for any person. You can lose everything, but not finding a child in yourself anymore is the worst thing. The child is open to the world and is able to be surprised. And this is the substance of life.

There is nothing more pleasant than praise from someone who loves you. In creativity, praise grows out of skepticism. After all, love is strict and demanding. And every time it's a test of myself: can I do it or not?

Regarding painting, it is useless to enter into a discussion with someone who is trying to pass off an absurdity or misconception as the truth. But a dialogue with a person who speaks out the feelings that have arisen, begins to think out the development of the plot himself, has value. It's for these dialogues that I work.

I do not believe that an artist should starve or suffer in order to make art. But I believe that an artist cannot afford to rest for a long time. "A gift is an assignment," as the poet said. And whoever realizes the talent is happy.

Kristina Geiler, member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and the International Federation of Artists