Unlike many landscape painters, who follow the traditions of the Russian Realistic landscape, Anastasia Popova has chosen a different artistic path and developed her own manner of depicting nature. Balancing on the verge of abstraction, the artist's paintings are distinguished by their simplicity. Instead of going into the smallest details and painting each leaf, blade of grass or pebble in her landscapes, Anastasia Popova uses large colour spots and wide planes conveying the endless depth of the sky, the smooth surface of water, the vastness of seacoasts or plains.
Built on close colour nuances, the artist's landscapes rather create a mood and form a generalised image of nature than depict specific recognisable places on Earth. This makes us think about the integrity, inclusiveness and unity, which characterise nature on a global scale. It is possible to determine which area is depicted in the painting only by reading the title that the artist has given to their piece. Not only is Anastasiya Popova inspired by the native Ural forests and rivers, but she also admires the Baltic, the Gulf of Finland, the noble coldness of the North Sea, the grandeur and vastness of Scottish nature and its mysterious lakes.
