Vlada Popescu

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Capturing the beauty of this complex world, seen through the eyes of a travelling artist.

About

Vlada Popescu stands outside painting at an easel, a block of flats and bushes are behind her.

Inspired by the beauty of the present moment and how its simplicity can gain significance when paying more attention to it, I choose to always capture it through my photographs, or later in my paintings. I aim to explore how emotional attachment to moments, places and people shapes our memory of them. I am interested in giving the viewer a chance to see the world through my eyes, whilst leaving space for personal interpretations and emotions.

My interest in light, movement, colour and contrast is crucial to my atmospheric cityscapes. I have a curiosity to unearth the complex stories these scenes hold. The empty streets of busy cities suggest the potential loneliness of its inhabitants with the lights in my cityscapes symbolizing human presence.

Despite the isolation and separation present in my figurative scenes, I intend to capture the dreamlike feeling of the often-overlooked mundane aspects of life that shape its beauty. I choose to romanticize them further through my painting process. Oil painting enabled me to explore mark making and blending effects useful for rendering the contrast between the detailed clear image of the real world and the abstracted, fragmented scene stored in our visual memory.

A girl with pink hair using a subway. She is holding the metal bar and staring at the viewer. People in the background are either sleeping laughing or waiting.
Corporate people are using a subway. People are either staying on their phones or waiting for their next stop.
Two people are waiting seated for their next stop. They are using the subway for their commute. The girl with pink hair is looking at the ceiling. The guy is looking in the distance, holding a bag on his shoulder and his hand holds his head.

My work is up for sale. I also take drawing and painting commissions.

Email or message me on Instagram for enquiries.

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