FORESTS AND SWAMPS

FOR 20 YEARS ALREADY, SINCE I FIRST WADED IN AN AUTUMN BOG WITH A BOX OF PAINTS AND EASEL, I AM STILL IN AWE AND ENRAPTURED.  WETLANDS, AN EYE OF A WATER BODY, A PUDDLE AND REAL SWAMPS THAT LATVIA IS SO RICH IN HAVE BECOME ONE OF MAIN TOPICS OF MY  LAST YEARS PAINTINGS BECOUSE OF THE MULTITUDE OF THEIR COLOURS AND TEXTURES, MOODS AND IMAGES. THOSE ARE NATURE'S  DOMINIONS WHERE A HUMAN IS ONLY A GUEST, FINE-TUNED OR AGGRESSIVE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE PEAT EXTRACTION FIELDS WITH THEIR RIPPED-UP LAND, NETWORKS OF ROOTS ARE ANOTHER TOPIC, AS  PICTURESQUE AND DRAMATIC.