Nataliya
Daniel

Nataliya’s work explores a reverence for nature, with peaceful scenes that offer the gift of perspective and an echo of the visual rest we feel when immersed in the natural world. Her respect for nature is echoed in her material choice and business sustainability practices.

Practising primarily in oil painting, her work extends to embroidery and drawing in inks and charcoal. At times, artworks are experiments in scale, from miniature inks to large-format landscapes and murals.

Nataliya’s work explores a reverence for nature, with peaceful scenes that offer the gift of perspective and an echo of the visual rest we feel when immersed in the natural world. This transportation for the viewer takes place through a series of interactions within the work: changing light, reflections, and melded pools of water and shadow.

Through deep observation and provenance of material, each painting communicates a distinct sense of place. From the environments she visits, Nataliya respectfully sources small rocks, plant matter and samples of earth. Back in her studio, she works these into ground material and mixes them with linseed oil to create her own colour schemes and paints. At the same time, foraged sticks and leaves are transformed into brushes and used for mark-making. In this way,
each work becomes embedded with its landscape.

For Nataliya, art is a vital expression of her inner world and her desire to share experiences of awe for the immensity of nature and life on earth.