Artist Paints Superb Pictures of The Snowy North of Russia, and Inspired by Her Trip to The Baikonur Cosmodrome

Nastya Miro is a Moscow realist artist, graduated from the School-Studio of Variety, Film and Television, All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S.A. Gerasimova (VGIK).

Miro carefully peers into the surrounding objects, trying to find and give the observer the key to understanding what is behind the image. Like any other art form, be it a portrait or a landscape, it is not limited only to it, but looks behind it, trying to capture the mood, as well as to emphasize the individual artistic personality of the author. The artist’s work is always a reflection and a desire to understand oneself in the context of the chosen topic.

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While creating a series of paintings centered around the ‘Buran’ space shuttle, the artist embarked on multiple journeys to Baikonur to delve into the history of the Soviet ‘Energia-Buran’ space transport program. The shuttle completed its solitary voyage in 1988, orbiting the Earth twice before residing at the cosmodrome for years. Tragically, its fate was sealed when a hangar roof collapse destroyed it. Similar to the optimism of the orbiter’s developers who envisioned its continued interstellar journeys, a girl adorned in a wedding dress holds onto hopes for a fresh start and a promising future.