Independent artist / Original paintings
Some images
stay
after
you look away.
Original oil and watercolor paintings by Kate Balzhi, exploring mythology, ancient symbolism and the natural world.
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Art to encounter, live with, and return to
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I / An invitation to look
There is more
to a landscape than
what it shows.
Ancient forms, quiet places, fragments of folklore and the textures of the natural world become a language of their own. Each painting holds a point of view — and leaves room for yours.
A continuing conversation between observation and memory
II / The paintings
To look closer.
A small selection is enough to suggest a world. Every work rewards a second encounter.
From almost-silent landscapes to vivid, closely observed life: different registers of a singular practice.
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01 / A singular object
The presence of an original.
A work on paper or canvas has a material life beyond the screen: scale, surface and the particularity of each mark.
02 / A distinct language
Nature meets memory.
Observed forms sit alongside inherited images and unfamiliar symbols, without explaining away their mystery.
03 / A personal exchange
Collected through conversation.
Enquiries about individual works begin directly with the artist — discreetly and without a conventional checkout.
III / The private commission
A painting
made for
one.
Portraits and selected paintings for private spaces, developed with individual attention and considered on a case-by-case basis.
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I work primarily with oil and watercolor, exploring the relationship between ancient symbolism, mythology, and contemporary life.
My practice includes works presented at private exhibitions, as well as original paintings created for private collections and individual interior projects.
Private enquiries · Direct correspondence
Let the work
begin a
conversation.
Original works, availability and private commissions are discussed directly with the artist.
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