Anastasiya Chybireva Fender

Lives and works in Flower Mound, TX, USA

Artist statement

i draw and paint people that possess answers. Currently I focus on womenhood in search of defining the role of tradition and the extend of personal choice that women actually have in the current age. Secretly I hope to absorb and never let go of the forces that I behold when I paint my beautiful subjects. Realism is my preferred style because I choose to maintain as much integrity to the visual appearance of my subjects as I can. Why? Because I believe that there is a profound interlink between the external and the internal. I believe that an individual deserves every wrinkle on her face. I think that being very curious and very attentive earns you the right to judge a book by its cover. I stare into the eyes of my subjects for many hours and at some point I think I understand them. Maybe I’m delusional, but I enjoy this belief.

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