March 2020

This portrait was created during the early months of the pandemic, when the world paused in uncertainty. It holds the stillness of air and the silence of streets stripped of footsteps. Dusty sunlight behind glass, the quiet tension in a body that had forgotten how to breathe freely. And yet, tenderness remains - a child’s pinwheel held by a world suspended between inhale and exhale. Everything here seems to breathe through a veil of dream and unease. It is the memory of a moment when time itself sat down beside us - and listened.

Painting was made by layering multiple coats of paint and then selectively removing parts of them, creating the illusion of something fleeting and ethereal, akin to a dream one tries to recall upon waking.

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Veronika Tarasova was born on December 14, 1981, in Russia, in the city of Nalchik, a small city nestled in the foothills of the North Caucasus. In 1998, she graduated from the Nalchik art school. She pursued her higher education in the city of Rostov-on-Don at the Rostov State Academy of Architecture and Art from 1999 to 2005, majoring in Architecture of Residential and Public Buildings. Since 2015, she has resided in Perth, Western Australia. Working as an architect, she was always cognizant of the significant role of fine art in shaping people's living spaces and its impact on their emotional well-being. Over time, Veronika naturally transitioned from the profession of architect to that of an artist.

Veronika employs canvas and acrylics to bring her paintings to life. By layering multiple coats of paint and then selectively removing parts of them, she creates the illusion of something fleeting and ethereal, akin to a dream one tries to recall upon waking. With a background as an architect-designer, she is drawn to ornate surfaces, working with recurring elements, and experimenting with combinations of textures and colours.