№51 from the Gap. Garden series.

As Heraclitus said: "You can't step into the water twice." And this statement comes from the idea that "everything flows, everything changes." However, you can't step into the water even once without changing. Any series of works or work is a paradox of a statement that cannot be complete and finished, since time and the idea of ​​the statement at the beginning of the work and at the end will already change the factor of circumstances and the meaning of the perception of this work. The result will feel unachieved, and if you think about it, even unattainable. The meaning of a series or theme is a reason to engage in the process of painting; the theme is just a shell that covers the self-sufficiency of painting. Of course, at the beginning of the process it seems that a lot is needed to complete it, but then the author sees that everything he does happens only in his head. The river always stands still, and only we flow, thinking about it in our minds.

Text: Vitaly Pushnitsky