Mariia Raskin

Joined Artfinder: June 2022

Artworks for sale: 108

Turkey

Updates from Mariia Raskin's studio

  • 👑 Creating the «Royal Garden» Triptych

    👑 Creating the «Royal Garden» Triptych

    Sometimes it almost feels challenging to build a botanical composition across three separate panels, each with its own mood, texture, and visual rhythm. But once I start working, intuition usually takes over and the process begins to unfold quite naturally. In this triptych, I combined a wide spectrum of brown tones, from warm ochre shades to deeper, cooler reddish-browns. This layered, earthy palette inspired the name «Royal Garden». The piece fits beautifully into contemporary interiors, especially when paired with calm natural materials and soft textures. Trends may change, but there is always something grounding and comforting about earthy, organic colors that people tend to connect with.

    08 May 2026
    🌅 Softening the Energy of Red

    🌅 Softening the Energy of Red

    Red has always been one of the most emotionally intense colors for me. It carries a strong and almost unpredictable energy, capable of expressing completely opposite feelings at the same time: warmth, passion, comfort, or pure intensity. In painting, everything depends on how this energy is directed. With this diptych, I wanted to shift red into something calmer and more balanced. I paired it with cool blue tones and softened the atmosphere with gentle touches of pink. The result became «Sunset Oasis», a floral diptych inspired by flowers glowing under the soft light of sunset. For me, this work is also a reminder that even the strongest energy can be transformed into something peaceful, delicate, and beautiful ✨

    08 May 2026

    ✨ A Closer Look at My Dreamy Triptych

    In this video, I’m showing my magical pink-and-blue triptych from different angles and up close. You can see how the textured lace details look in real life and how they add a tactile, dimensional quality to the artworks. The layered surfaces and soft color palette create a dreamy atmosphere that’s difficult to fully capture in photos alone.

    08 May 2026
    🌸 Inside the «Venus Gardens» Process

    🌸 Inside the «Venus Gardens» Process

    A glimpse into the creation process of my botanical triptych «Venus Gardens». This was the first time I decided to use a large amount of hand-crocheted lace within a single work. The result became a collection of semi-abstract, fantasy-like flowers that feel as if they could exist on distant, magical planets. The soft pastel tones evoke femininity, tenderness, and a world filled with fairytale energy. Sometimes I think adults also need a safe and dreamy space where imagination can freely exist. We should never stop dreaming.

    08 May 2026
    🦋 Butterflies in Interior

    🦋 Butterflies in Interior

    Here’s a look at how my butterfly artworks come to life in an interior setting. I usually present each piece on its own, but seeing them on the wall together really changes the feeling, it becomes more complete and атмосферное. These works are designed to complement one another, so you can mix and match them to create your own custom arrangement. All the butterflies are created to work harmoniously as a set, which makes it easy to build a composition that fits your space perfectly, whether you choose just a few pieces or cover a larger wall.

    30 April 2026
    🦋 Imagined Butterflies

    🦋 Imagined Butterflies

    I create butterflies that don’t exist in nature, it gives me more freedom and opens up interesting creative challenges. Each one is designed with its own color palette, wing pattern, and mood. Some are vibrant and high-contrast, others are calm and meditative, built within subtle variations of a single color. In my work, I combine hand-crocheted lace with acrylic painting, turning each butterfly into a tactile, expressive piece with its own character.

    30 April 2026
    🌿 Artist & Artwork in Nature

    🌿 Artist & Artwork in Nature

    I decided to share a small photo series featuring both myself and my artworks. Usually, I photograph my paintings on their own, or sometimes within the studio setting. But I realized that showing the work together with the artist creates a stronger emotional connection and a more personal experience. Nature has always been an endless source of inspiration for me, so it felt natural to photograph these pieces surrounded by greenery and organic landscapes.

    22 April 2026
    🎨 When the Painting Changes Direction

    🎨 When the Painting Changes Direction

    Sometimes the process takes an unexpected turn. At first, I planned to create a bold, high-contrast triptych in blue and red tones. But as I worked, something felt off, the background was too intense, almost overwhelming to the eye. So I decided to soften it by toning the red down with a layer of pale blue. And that’s when everything came together. The elements started to connect, the composition began to breathe. In the end, the piece transformed into a harmonious set of three paintings in a blue palette, with subtle lemon accents adding a gentle spark.

    19 April 2026

    🎥 Blue Garden Up Close

    I believe video is the best way to truly experience an artwork. In this video, I’m showing my «Blue Garden» triptych from different angles, so you can see how it looks in real life. This mixed media set on paper includes tactile, dimensional elements that are hard to fully capture in photos. Here, you can really notice the textures, layers, and subtle details that make the piece come alive.

    19 April 2026
    ⚙️ Behind the Characters

    ⚙️ Behind the Characters

    A small glimpse into how my abstract, fantasy-inspired characters come to life. In this collage, you can see the initial pencil sketches, where I work on proportions and anatomy, alongside the finished portraits in color. I never know in advance how the final piece will look or which colors I’ll choose. Everything develops spontaneously during the process, and a lot depends on the background I select for each character, it plays a key role in shaping the final image.

    01 April 2026
    ✏️ From Sketch to Color

    ✏️ From Sketch to Color

    Here I’m showing the transition from my pencil portrait sketches to the finished color artworks. Creating these imaginative characters is always an exciting process, especially because the color decisions often come intuitively while I’m working. Each piece evolves step by step, turning a simple drawing into a fully developed image.

    01 April 2026
    🎨 Where My Portraits Begin

    🎨 Where My Portraits Begin

    A look into my process of creating abstract portraits. Interestingly, the ideas don’t come first, they emerge during the process itself. It all starts with a richly textured, colored background that I create using water and fluid oil paint. I begin with a basic anatomical sketch of the head, then paint it in a single color using different tonal values. This tonal study helps guide the final color work. After that, I transfer the drawing onto the background and develop it in color, balancing it with the tones and mood of the surface. The final result is never predictable, it’s always a mix of intuition, chance, and imagination.

    01 April 2026