THE GOLD OF NATURE — oil painting on canvas

We would like to present hand painted oil on canvas painting (recreation) of Afremov's artwork mentioned in the title. This art piece made by Leonid Afremov Studio with the same amount of soul and emotion just like the first original painting. The piece is created with oil paint on artistic canvas using Afremov's unique technique of a palette knife. The artwork has a lot of texture, you can feel the strokes by touching this painting. By purchasing on our site, you are buying directly from Leonid Afremov Studio. We guarantee your satisfaction and the best customer experience.

The artwork is signed on the back and on the front. The certificate of authenticity will include the name of the owner who purchased the piece of artwork. The certificate is signed by Leonid Afremov Studio. If you are buying this painting as a gift, please provide us the name of the gift recipient for the certificate. We can also ship to the address of the recipient of your gift.

About this painting:

The Gold of Nature

Discovering the nature in landscapes

When we talk about the genres of paintings, first of all, we think of still lifes, landscapes and portraits. What is the nature of arts? Of these three, landscapes, which occupy perhaps a separate place because it stood out in a separate genre before the others. It is not surprising because nature surrounds us everywhere and all the genial and at the same time simple ideas we took from it.  What is drawing from nature? Is there a relationship between art and nature? Artists from very early times depicted natural landscapes in their paintings. In the paintings by Leonid Afremov you can find all the great variety of nature. This canvas is one of them. Definitely the artist put his soul into it. Without this, the nature painting will look lifeless and the nature on it will seem dull. Perhaps for such paintings it is difficult to recommend any particular place to hang. No matter where you hang it everywhere it will look good.

Many-sidedness of landscapes

What is the meaning of nature painting? Due to the fact that landscapes are inextricably linked with nature, the very word landscape itself has several meanings:

• Firstly, this is all that we see around us, all that surrounds us;
• Secondly, this is a way of describing nature in literature.
• This is a painting genre.

And of course landscapes are so popular that several subgenres are already highlighted in this genre – in the landscapes not only nature can be depicted but also

• Cities – these are so called cityscapes
• Landscapes can also be historical

Landscapes, as any other genre, have its own history. Thus, earlier, artists sought to depict the scenes on mythological and religious themes on canvas without paying much attention to nature. Then on canvases began to appear the images of the trees, sky, grass and all that surrounds us in reality. Of course, it was not so easy to depict all this with watercolor or acrylic paints on canvases especially for beginners. But all this can be seen in the images of Leonid Afremov. Peculiar technique makes them unique.