It has become a good tradition among Poltava artists to organize exhibitions on the eve of the anniversary in the Department of Arts of the Regional Library named after Kotlyarevsky. A small circle of friends and fans, members of the Club of interesting meetings. Such exhibitions become the preliminary acquaintance with the artist. And if they have a sincere interest from the visitors that guarantees that the exhibition will have a great success in the salon.

So it was on February, 18 when we looked in the presentation. What awaits us, what does the inner world of the artist look like? In a small circle of people it is easier to understand it, especially with a personal contact. The first impression: there is no industrial interior. You can see the pure beauty of people, their unity. We are the children of the Earth, we should decorate it, not destroy. Destroying the world we crush our souls.

Triptych “Ivana Kupala Night” – open, fiery dynamics. It is burning of the life in the rotation of the Sun and Earth. The same idea is in the picture “Lilies. Ivana Kupala Night”. Moonshine gives the images of mermaids dancing among lilies.

It is worth paying attention to multifaceted image and background of the portrait of Taras Shevchenko: the poet who helped his compatriots to build the paradise in their souls. The poet is depicted with the sunset and the stones which lost their support on the background. It is like a symbol of Ukraine.

Euhen Kurbala is a painter-monumentalist.
He graduated from Theatrical-decorative department of Kharkiv Artistic Institute. He painted the interiors of Poltava bus station, airport and other places together with a famous Poltava artist Kolesnikov. During last years he has been painting the churches and cathedrals. In 1989 he finished painting the cathedral of Archangel Mikhail in Svetlovodsk, Kirovograd region. He had been working alone for 2,5 years.

On the presentation his friends marked his reliability, honesty. Deep perception of the world is inherent to him.
The preliminary acquaintance with Euhen Kurbala has taken place. We are looking forward to his next exhibition.

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