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I don’t question my desire to paint. I am thankful that it exists and gives direction to my life. Leonardo’s words that painting is poetry seen rather than heard reflect in my attitude towards painting. I put the continuity of the idea and the transformation of reality into a new world at the start of every work.
Shagall, Van Gogh, Dali and Klimt are the artists who have had a major influence on me. I can say that admiration of the great artists is the first step along the road to art. I couldn’t separate poetry from painting, and this is the duality that brings to existence the series of works - Haiku Moments and Haiku Hearts.
I have been drawn to the beauty of minimal but exact expression in the form of art. For me this is the key, to convey a lot with a fraction of essence.
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Antoaneta Melnikova-Hillman is a self taught artist. She considers herself to be half Bulgarian, half Russian and 36 percent American. Her grandparents lost everything in the 1917 Russian Revolution, and being members of the White Russians were forced to emigrate to Turkey to survive the communist takeover. They later moved to Bulgaria.
Antoaneta was born in Pleven, Bulgaria, where she began her career in the arts writing poetry, like her father, influenced by the beauty of Russian literature and language. She published two books on poetry and her poems and stories appeared in various newspapers and magazines throughout Bulgaria.
At the age of eighteen Antoaneta began experimenting with oils. Her works first appeared in group exhibitions, and later individually, in Bulgaria. More recently she exhibited her works in Cyprus with a series of paintings dedicated to women and love. Her paintings are in private collections in Bulgaria, Italy, Cyprus and the USA.
In 2001 Melnikova-Hillman became accustomed to a new home and culture here in America, where she continues her career as an artist.
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