Victor Vyssotski
My art attempts to capture what happiness is to me, whether it’s friends, loved ones, places, or experiences. These pieces were all created from a strong feeling of joy that I just had to record into my media.
In my charcoal series I use light to show the varying emotions within the changing circumstances of a relationship, using bright light to show positive emotions and a lack of light to show negative emotions. This series started as a more simplistic approach to romance with pieces such as ‘Protected’ and ‘Sight’ with joyful expressions on the subjects that are bathed in light. The view of the hospital room in the piece called ‘Anxiety’ begins a shift in the relationship where darkness and negative emotions are more prevalent due to a diagnosis of cancer in one of the subjects. After that point, light and dark are both used as the relationship has moments of hope and togetherness combined with fear and worry, as both subjects grow, learn, and change together to overcome obstacles.