Kateryna Dmyterko

When creating a modern icon, I usually draw my inspiration from contemplating the samples of Western Ukrainian medieval iconography. Every time I find something new in ancient icons, something that is able to catch my eye and affect my imagination. These can be techniques as well as compositional details. But most often, I am influenced by the colour - a distinctive, frank colour, unique to Ukrainian icon painting. I feel the urge to maintain it while combining it with modern forms. I also admire plant motifs, nature is a standard of beauty for me.

I work in the technique of tempera painting on gessoed wood. Mixing natural pigments with egg emulsion on gessoed wood, I show the necessary "character trait" of each pigment, depending on what I want to get. I often combine different textures. This is the most interesting process of creation – a mysterious process that will never cease to fascinate.