The exhibition features paintings by the artist Vadim Zainullin, who is primarily known as a landscape painter. However, this time the exhibition also includes certain figurative artworks painted in large format. Among them is an image of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, inspired by the tales of Pavel Bazhov (1897 - 1950). The magical spirit of the Ural Mountains appears in the guise of a beautiful woman with long copper-coloured hair and a green dress of ‘silk malachite.’ She is depicted in her chambers: the stone cave is illuminated by magical light, which recalls the sparkle of precious stones.
Another highlight of the exhibition is the painting in the animalistic genre. The artist created an ephemeral and magical image of a white horse in a meadow as an allegory of a foggy summer morning. Vadim Zainullin masterfully conveys the sunlight in the moist, foggy air and the richness of the fresh grass in the meadow. Vadim Zainullin rarely depicts animals in his paintings, but some of his select artworks representing a moose or brown bears belong to private collections. In these pieces the animals are shown as an integral part of nature, or as the soul of the forest.
The artist has dedicated several decades of his life exploring the beauty of The Urals. He finds inspiration in the endless forests and meadows, misty silhouettes of mountains and rivers with rocky shores. Vadim Zainullin is a highly proficient landscape painter, who conveys the beauty and serenity of picturesque places, where humans are rare visitors and there are no traces of our hectic world. Vadim Zainullin's landscapes resonate with many viewers because they convey peaceful, majestic tranquility.
