Itinenary & Researching Moldova through Paintings

On carrying out some research of contemporary Moldovan artists in readiness to stimulate the young people I have some wonderful work.

How about this perspective of "The Kingdom of Moldova (1995) by Mark Verlan, would anyone like to hazard a guess for the location of London and Cardiff?

I love the symmetry of this work "The Mill of Cernoleuca" (1967) by Igor Vieru.

What a sense of motion there is in this work!

How about "Silence" 1994 by Eleonora Romanescu said to be the Van Goch of Moldova.

The work of this artist is some of the best I have ever seen of landscape - take a look for yourself - the colours are so vivid and clear with such a strong sense of perspective.

Again another stunning seasonal piece, just an amazing use of white in the blossom to bring out the foreground

Spring in My Country (1960) by Mihai Petric

"Delirium" is the title of this piece actually one of three painted by Simion Zimisa in 1994 alongside another similar series entitled "Mechanical Music" I realise these were painted a year after my visit in 1993 when I was very aware through dialogue that many were very confused by the social changes taking place as the Republic left it's most recent roots in Soviet Communism

"After the Rain" is a 1908 very impressionist in content of the Mikhail Larionov the artist who is now portrayed on the 2001 coins of the Trienstria republic recognising his birth in Tiraspol and being one of the most prominent of all Moldovian artists, with his works being displayed in galleries all round the globe as he introduced the Rayonism movement in art - the first creation of near abstract art in Russia.

Soldier in Wood 1911

This is to found in the National Gallery in Edinburgh

Nocturne (1911) Tate London

probably originated as an Impressionist landscape that Larionov reworked as a Rayonist composition.

Another artist from Moldova that I am appreciating is the work by Vasole Didic, shown here is "Exit " 1998, is full of movement and questioning, in the same vein as the work of the Ukrainian artist Markovich, that influenced my work for the AS course.

Finally I love this piece by Vasile Mosanu which is titled "Worshippers of the Mystic Fire" (1992) and could represent so many images related to pentecost and is very striking piece of work.

These are just a few pieces of Moldovian art I have picked out as I look to offer the young people a taste of art and hope some may find their own spark of creativity.

It will be interesting to see, but there has certainly some fine Moldovan artists!

The final touches are now being put to the banner being made by the youth at the Riverside Youth Club.

This has been the work of boys with learning disability that I help to support on a weekly basis.

The pictures are of Riverside and have been printed on using a interesting process that the boys were fully involved in

My expected Itinerary:

Fly Gatwick - Chisinau (night flight) 22nd- 23rd August

23rd arrive Causeni my base for a fortnight

27th Moldovan Independence Celebrations

1st September - First day of term in schools

Sat 3rd - picked up by director of Save the Children and taken across border into Trienstria and stay in Tiraspol for week, I will be following a program arranged by Save the Children MD

when it is planned that I will work with two orphanages

Fri 9th return to Causeni

Mon 12th fly back to London