“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art” Leonardo da Vinci
Nino Ponditerra was born in the city of Kiev. She has been painting since early childhood. As her main art school Nino considers life and the desire to express creative energy through paintings. A few years ago, as a result of the important events in her life, she began to paint spiritual subjects and landscapes of memories. She currently lives and works in Geneva, teaching art therapy and chromotherapy. Nino’s paintings are in private collections in Europe.
What do you exactly like in painting?
I love freedom. It’s a flight between two worlds – the world of energies and the world of matter. I feel that the brain is working on another frequency in this state.
I like working with color, it is always an art therapy, and every color has a reflection in us, in our energy field. By working on a painting or studying a painting with a predominant color, we work at the same time on ourselves, we purify and harmonize ourselves.
What topics are you interested in and what do you represent most often in your paintings?
I depict what impresses me: real and imaginary landscapes, animals and birds, as well as historical personalities whose life interests me, thus paying homage to their contribution to the spiritual development of humanity. I also consider that it is necessary to develop the idea of the clear future where the person freely manifests his Spirit in harmony with the Universe.
How are your paintings born?
The main thing in art is to catch a momentum, an idea. Each painting is an impulse that is captured and transformed into an image through an idea. It is an intuitive art because the image comes in a particular mood. It’s a very interesting creative mechanism, and anyone with a strong desire can experiment it.
Do you think it is necessary to have a professional art education to achieve great results in painting?
I do not consider that it is necessary. The key is to learn the revelation of one’s heart and soul through painting, and not only painting. There are few who can teach this in art schools, as well as in all other schools…
How did your work start, what was in the beginning?
I think it started with the book “Light of Love” – the story of Mary Magdalene’s life. After reading this book, I visited ancient and wonderful places in France. This book gave the main impulse to the direction in which I work now. The technique of painting with the fingers, or meditative art, was taught to me by my mother – the artist Elena Novosvit.
What do you think is it possible to teach a person the creativity?
Everyone has ingredients of the creative personality. This cannot be taught, person can only develop these abilities.