veta
Bakhtina
Veta Bakhtina's work is based on her worldly adventures as well as explorations of the mystical realm of dreams and out-of-body experience. Her pop-surreal oil paintings are imbued with the aesthetic of Slavic folk art central to her culture, exploring themes of home, nostalgia, and manifestations of infinity in nature through a trans-cultural lens.
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Veta grew up in St. Petersburg, Russia, at the end of the Communist era and credits her exposure to uncharted nature, and tradition of heritage for much of her inspiration and working style. When not working as a traveling muralist, collecting reflections around the world, Veta can be found painting at her Creatures' Secrets Studio Gallery in Aquarium Village in Newport, OR.
books
my sutured mind
Poems of Healing Beyond Trauma
Author Taylor Yount and Illustrator Veta Bakhtina combine talents to take readers on a verbal and visual voyage of the soul, from the depths of depression to the heights of hope.
This journey, guided by the lyrical brilliance of the poet’s pen and the revealing mastery of the artist’s brush, demonstrates not only the possibility but the power of true recovery. Within these pages, words take on new dimensions, and images clarify emotions to weave intricate tapestries of determination, resilience, and triumph.
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From the very first page, My Sutured Mind offers lovers of both art and poetry a respite from the world, and a place to heal through language, visualization, and a sense of connection throughed shared emotion.