Sergey Basov is a native of Yoshkar-Ola. The name of this city sounds quite exotic to the Russian ear. And translated from the Mari language is very interesting - the "red city", that is, beautiful. It has long, cold winters and warm summers. The capital of the Republic of Mari El is not too big - 265 thousand people. In such a cozy city and its environs, you can carefully peer into the wonderful corners of nature and, if there is a craving for it, try to transfer them first to paper, and only then to the canvas. So, we can assume that the future artist Sergey Basov began in childhood. The pictures of nature, which he depicts, are now surprising. And no matter what exactly is depicted on them - seasons or time of day. Naturally, without tension, they enter the soul of the one who saw them. These are our native open spaces. They are close to those who go mushrooming, who in the early morning run to the river to swim or wander through the forest path in the fall, admiring the forest, which "is like a painted tower."
Artist Sergey Basov. Landscapes of the seasons
It is difficult to choose from the varied works of the painter something specific, because I like absolutely everything. Here we see the "Birch Grove." This is our Central-Black Earth Russia in the summer. A grove of birch trees climbed the hill. Below is a road that ends at the horizon, lost in a bluish haze.
There is a descent on the other side of the sandy road, and it seems that behind the clearing and bushes a small clean river should flow behind it, the banks of which are covered with grass-ant. And there, in the distance, where the visible road ends, the river makes a turn. And in the grove itself, after a good summer rain, mushrooms will go. And white, and red, and little black - as the people call the aspen and boletus. And all as a selection, strong, heavy, with thick legs. An hour and a half, and the bucket or basket will fill up. There is no feeling that this is all painted, but there is an impression of your personal presence. This is how artist Sergey Basov draws. Pictures are full of life.
"Old Sails"
And here really there are old trees by the river. Hot noon. All that is missing is the cheerful boys who would make a bungee with a hubbub and, swaying on it, would jump into the refreshing cool water of a quiet calm river.
But it's still quiet. The blue sky and the greenery of old trees are reflected in the water. At a gentle coast, a quiet course does not prevent duckweed from growing. Somewhere in the depths, fish swim, and frogs protrude from the duckweed with croaking. A look with love is drawn to what the artist Sergey Basov displayed. Pictures of
Russian nature are taken for the soul.
"Beginning of April"
The canvas is all covered with lilac-haze. Nature slowly wakes up. Remains of ice float along a narrow river. There was no high rise in water when the snow melted. The shores stand under a spring blue sky with white clouds completely dry. Where the sun warms more, snow has completely fallen. Last year's grass was exposed. Thin young trees overgrown shore. Their trunks are reflected in water, as in a mirror - such a quiet and serene current.
The river moves and does not move. Everything froze. Woodcocks will fly soon. For someone the hunting season will open. But the fields still snow white. Next, I want to quote F. Tyutchev. Perhaps, inadvertently, the artist Sergey Basov also observes everything. His paintings give the viewer's imagination a walk. This also happens because the artist works in a classical academic manner. There is no need to solve puzzles, like some artists who have thrown all their forces into vanguard or abstraction. Of course, life is diverse, and everything should be presented to the viewer, but it’s Sergey Basov’s landscapes that reflect the simple reality that a person lives. They are full of love and poetry.
Favorite Land - Misty Morning
Indeed, the artist lovingly looks at his native expanses, and this love is transmitted to the viewer. A forest came very close to the river from both banks. Fog above the water is low. There is complete silence. Only two pairs of wild ducks, without worrying about anything, found a shelter here. They really are calm and free here. No one will disturb their solitude.
Then they will bring out ducklings, and in the fall they will fly away to the warm lands. He who never bathed in the river in the mornings, above which the fog stands, cannot even imagine how warm the water is. After a man shivers chilly in the cool morning air, he, plunging into the water, is struck by its heat. Its water has been preserved since yesterday and now gives it away, covered with fog. Happy is a man who can come to the river every day and, having freshened up in it, all day keep himself feeling fresh.
Conclusion
The lyrical images created by the artist Sergei Basov. Landscapes convey nature in all its diversity. They have everything - a wealth of forms and colors, freshness of perception, clarity of transmission. Light and shadow play in his paintings. But his realism is not a copy of natural phenomena, but strict selection, which makes it possible to better reveal the essence of the phenomenon. In his works there is no diversity, they are full of harmony and, reflecting reality, show all the wealth of the world.