Ana Tzarev’s Exhibition Impressions from Monet’s Garden, Beautifies New York

On October 13^th in excess of one thousand New Yorkers came to Ana Tzarev’s exhibition titled, Impressions from Monet’s Garden. The exhibition of the artist’s work was presented at her gallery located on 57^th street in Manhattan (24 W 57St). This was the third unique, major exhibition for the prolific Croatian born artist this year. Whenever you go to an Ana Tzarev exhibition, it is simply a feel good/life affirming kind of an experience, as one viewer put it:  “In Ana Tzarev’s work you can find a Zen moment”.  When you look at an Ana Tzarev painting a door opens and a unifying new dimension of beauty is revealed and everything about that experience feels exhilarating.  Layered individualistic/majestic colors bring forth the birth and eternal life of the water lily which is a major center piece of this collection of works. “The water lilies grow out of submersed mud and through a personal struggle rise up and become something very beautiful. In our life we too struggle and try to bring forth something beautiful into the world and that is what this exhibit is about. Creating a painting takes months of hard physical work and planning.  I change many of my sweat drenched shirts in the process of giving life to a painting,” said the well spoken, thought provoking artist.  Ana’s paintings tend to be large in size,  in excess of 6 feet tall thus their impact is that much greater on the viewer.

Why your exhibition is titled, Impressions of Monet’s Garden and what is your kinship with Monet? “I visited Monet’s Garden in Giverny, France. A garden is an ever changing place. It awakens areas of the imagination that is directly reflected in our work, technique and style. Our styles are distinct but the source of our passion is the same. We are spirits who are continuously going through transition, as is the garden. I believe Monet had tenacity, persistence, love of flowers and family and I have put in an effort to bring forth those same qualities,” said the seasoned artist who paints poetry with her brush and her words.

The artist’s work is a personal meditation on Monet’s Garden and his work rather than a replication of any sort. Ana Tzarev’s work is more aligned with Post Impressionism while Monet’s precedes that category/period.  Ana’s work also includes a rich variety of elements from other cultures thus a subconscious longing is expressed through the brush for universal peace and beauty.  Thus the cranes pray for us in their flight through the canvas subsequently entering our own divinity and drive for peace and beauty.

One can say that Ana Tzarev had a previous life in this lifetime as a very successful business woman who with her husband Robert Chandler founded Chandler House Stores, in New Zealand. She was a creative force in the company as a designer of home furnishings and textiles.  She devoted her time and attention to painting and sculpture when she was in her fifties. Ana Tzarev has a successful international career as she exhibits throughout the world. In September she exhibited in St. Petersburg Russia and in November she will exhibit in Istanbul, Turkey and subsequently in France (the City Hall in Paris).  Mrs. Tzarev and her family though they are well to do, believe in helping people help themselves primarily through education. The Ana Tzarev Foundation helps underprivileged women mostly of the third world get ahead in life.  The artist’s son Christopher started the Legatum Foundation which devotes its resources in eradicating non-specific tropical diseases.  “Anything in life is possible provided you have an education, for that is the framework from which one can build many aspirations. I believe that my actions show that I’m patriotic to humanity and perhaps my weakness is that I have a compulsion to leave beauty behind,”

The Ana Tzarev exhibit, Impressions from Monet’s Garden, runs through December the 3^rd. Go see it and reward your spiritual side. For more information go to www.AnaTzarev.com

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