Yachting is a noble sport that exists for over 300 years, and those who are interested in the works of Impressionists should remember the paintings of such masters as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Gustave Caillebotte. Monet, for one, was so interested in Yachting that his fellow craftsmen often called him “Raphael of Water”. Sailing is a very interesting circumstance for an artist. It plunges the painter into a very distinct framework of sensations with its bright, mirroring sun glare, shifting horizon line, and swaying aura, it challenges an artist to find the hidden plot outside the boat.

Nadezhda Zimina’s exhibition and lecture on the 7th of April at the lecture hall of the Kekova Hotel in the city of Kas surprised me quite a bit: the feeling she captured was so strong, it seemed to me that her graphic black and white sketches smelled of salt and sea.

Nadine’s quick and attentive eye surely finds its uses on a boat. Her rapid, black strokes strive to capture the very core of the nautical moment. Marker and liner are the two simple tools that let her achieve a very unique effect. Nadine takes us far away, inviting us to enjoy unfamiliar spaces and the quirkiness of forms.

Apart from working in black and white, Nadine also loves to utilize bright colors in her sketches. With the use of an entirely different set of tools, some of which include pencils, watercolors and scraps of paper, she is able to achieve some very unexpected results.