Hanakotoba (花言葉)

In my artworks I tell stories through the narrative use of photography combined with painting. By blurring the boundaries between painting and photography, I come close to the line that divides reality from dreams. I believe that the stories of daily life, which are important as much as they can appear understated, have inspired me whilst travelling around the world, leaving a profound mark in myself. Everyone has a story to tell: images and visions speak for themselves. In my artworks, I search for the dreams of realities, to transform melancholy into colourful or golden hope. What lies inside my soul, my origins and background emerge in my artistic voice, to bring out a imagery infused with the nature of the South of Switzerland and ancient paintings of the European tradition. Natural pigments, Japanese lacca, gold and silver leaves, oil colours and urushi marry photography, in a one off series of creative experiments.

By blurring the boundaries between painting and photography, I come close to the line that divides reality from dreams. I believe that the stories of daily life, which are important as much as they can appear understated, have inspired me whilst travelling around the world, leaving a profound mark in myself. Everyone has a story to tell: images and visions speak for themselves. In my artworks, I search for the dreams of realities, to transform melancholy into colourful or golden hope.
What lies “Photography is the story I fail to put into words.”
In search of beauty,
私の作品では、絵画と融合させた写真を用いて物語を表現しています。
それは絵画と写真の境界をぼかすことで、私は夢から現実へと切り離された境目を近づけています。
私は、世界中を旅しているときに魅了されたもの、私自身に意味深い記号として残されたものが、重要で目にとまる控えめな日常の物語であると信じています。
誰もが皆、自分自身に語りかけるイメージや視点をひとつの物語としてもっています。　
私の作品は、哀愁を豊かな彩色や黄金色の希望に形を変えるように、現実の夢を見出だします。　
私の精神や、生まれ、生い立ちに在るものは、南スイスの自然とヨーロッパの伝統の古い絵画から湧き出た心のイメージから引き出され、芸術的な音色になって浮かび上がります。
自然の顔料や塗料、金や銀箔、油彩や漆は、独創的な試みのひとつとして写真と組み合わせて使われます。©Elenashirinfineartphotography| all rights reserved