The interconnection of man and the Universe, the great secrets of the universe, the inspired Cosmos, other dimensions - all this excites the Moscow painter Alexander Maranov, whose paintings are striking in a special philosophy. The author, who paints the beauty of other worlds, speaks the language of visual images with the viewer and does it very frankly.
The master who creates the color and light extravaganza
Talent immersing viewers in the world of beauty was born in 1962 in Tashkent. Maranov, who adores painting since childhood, graduates from the P. P. Benkov Art School. The young man works a lot, 18 hours a day, is engaged in self-education, experimenting with color, delves into the intricacies of the technique of artists of past eras. In addition, he studies at a music school in the accordion class. Music is an integral part of all his works, and it always sounds at personal exhibitions of a unique master who has been recognized by critics and the public.
In 1992, Alexander Maranov, whose paintings, without exaggeration, can be called a color and light extravaganza, moved to Moscow and began work on a cycle called The Shining. And after 5 years, the first solo exhibition takes place, which caused a stir. Visitors imbued with unusual work were subdued. “I don’t want to leave the hall”, “As if I washed my face with clean water”, “Peace, harmony and warmth”, “A thrill of the soul”, “Crystal paintings” - this was what shocked viewers wrote in the review book. In the master’s works, celestial and earthly, spiritual and physical were interwoven. And the light emanating from work, which does not have a visible source and literally falls upon people, is their main feature.
Space artist
As the author himself admits, it was after the change of residence that some knowledge came to him that turned his whole life upside down. Maranov thinks a lot about the mission of a creative person. “The Shine revealed to me. It was it that saved me and plunged me into the wonderful world of Beauty, ”says the painter.
The master himself calls himself a cosmist. Having long discovered the world of subtle energies, he dreams of taking his viewer there. This is the inner cosmos. Maranov helps to see the Universe with stars and tells that the whole world consists of luminous bodies.
Masterpieces allowing you to immerse yourself in a magical world
It is the Shining cycle that the space artist considers to be his most important work. These are not just paintings by Alexander Maranov, they are visions consisting of moving light. The author calls them “meditations,” since they were created in complete solitude to classical music.
He wrote the triptych “Radiance” for six long months to the music of Bach, and the painter does not even remember how these six months passed. The new cycle is called "Edge". The cosmist calls for himself on a spiritual path, opening for people a world of harmony and joy. All that is needed is to discard the hustle and bustle of everyday life, to think about the eternal and the beautiful. After all, the human soul consists of beauty, and beauty for Maranov is the light from which our world is created.
The mystical triptych “Reflection”, written on oriental motives, tells of the interaction of two principles - yin and yang.
Inner vision
According to the recognition of the artist Alexander Maranov, whose paintings are flooded with light, he reads a lot and, under the impression of the works, extraordinary images are born. So, Margarita and Lullaby appeared after reflection on the philosophical drama Faust. And sometimes the master sees magical canvases with his inner vision. He turns off the light and, to the music of Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Bach, renounces everything earthly. “I surrender to the waves of music and as if looking through the finished future canvas. And only then I get up to the canvas, ”says the master.
It is to the music that he sees all the smallest details of the picture, built in composition. And the main task of the cosmist is to convey all the nuances of what he saw.
Harmony and beauty
Recently, Alexander Maranov, whose paintings live their own lives, became interested in photography. Macro photography, which allows you to see the fantastic beauty of the silver web and pearl dew on emerald grass, awakens creative inspiration. The artist sees the unusual in the most ordinary things, he feels nature with his soul, and then speaks its language using colors. Not everyone can feel a hot natural impulse, and the task of a finely sensitive creative person is to open for others the harmony of this world and lead it along.
Real magic
Crystal paintings by Alexander Maranov emit light, but the artist does not use any luminous colors. It seems that in every brushstroke there is a piece of his soul, which pleases fans of the artist’s creativity. His manner of writing has already found its name - “Radiance”. The artist has followers who copy his style, because the rush demand for radiant paintings is only growing. He conducts master classes, which few stand, because these are very difficult classes in technical performance.
Reviews connoisseurs of the artist
Loyal fans comparing talent with Vrubel and El Greco call the paintings of the artist Alexander Maranov crystal. The gentle “Lullaby”, giving birth to many images of “Peace to the incoming,” shimmering with soft light, “Rainbow”, as if descended from the pages of the fairy tale “Willow”, resonates in the soul of the audience, admiring the unique technique that allows you to illuminate the space with a rainbow glow. The spiritual light, in which the thoughts and feelings of the characters dissolve, is refracted either in the faces of crystals, or in jets of water. And on all canvases he becomes a tangible reality.
Visitors to exhibitions, contemplating dazzled works, admit that they have not seen anything like it. Shocked viewers are sure to take spectacular photos as a keepsake. Pictures of Alexander Maranov are as if woven from light, and the background music, selected by the author, harmoniously supplements the content of the works. It seems as if you are touching another world - ideal and full of energy.
There are many artists whose technique is surprising and delighted. But this is a completely different painting. The author sees streams of cosmic energy with his inner vision, and then projects them onto the canvas, endowing with radiance. And precisely in this lies the difference between Maranov and other authors. He reveals his feelings to the viewer, leading him into the world of dreams and Cosmos.