With a flourish of the paintbrush, Natalija Cimbaljuk creates illustrious paintings.  Although each painting varies widely in its subject matter, they all exude poetry.  Celebrating nature, creativity and faith, Cimbaljuk’s paintings breathe beauty into everyday scenes. Currently working in Kassel, Germany, the Ukrainian-born artist tries to blend both cultures into her artwork.  Her methods stem from the east European traditions of nude painting and the form and symbolism of Ukrainian icon painting.  Therefore her paintings, whether figurative or abstract, have a traditional quality.

Color is an important facet of Cimbaljuk’s work.  Many of her paintings have a soft, dreamy aura produced by dusty blues, grays, and purples.  However, jolts of yellow and red add exuberance to her work.  The colors promote a heightened sense of reality.  They capture the exquisite colors of the world around us that we so often fail to recognize in our hurried lives—like the exact brightness of the warm sun hitting a cliff, the complexity of the fog rolling in, and the short-but-sweet glow of morning.