A woman in a purple shirt and black pants stands with her back to the camera, holding a large art piece resembling a green leaf with intricate vein patterns in front of a window. The art is round and propped up against the window frame. The setting appears to be an art studio or gallery, with colorful floral artworks on display, a wooden ladder, and a mustard-colored tufted chair in the foreground.

Painting

When I'm not designing interfaces, I'm usually covered in paint or trying out craft of the day. Long before UX entered my life, painting and textile work were how I made sense of the world — through texture, color, and the quiet satisfaction of making something with my hands.

Here's a glimpse into two of my biggest series of works — Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis.

Person wearing a red jacket and blue jeans tending to a garden with various flowering plants, including pink and white blooms, in sunlight.
A large, colorful floral abstract painting leaning against a wall in an artist's studio. The workspace includes brushes, a palette with paint, jars of paint or water, and a space heater.
Close-up of an abstract art piece with various colored shapes and lines, including yellow, pink, white, green, and orange, with some text in blue.
Colorful chalk drawing on pavement with blue, green, pink, and white flowers, leaves, and abstract lines.
Close-up of a textured fabric with embroidery, including pink and purple flowers with yellow centers, green and yellow embroidered leaves, and detailed stitching.
A colorful abstract painting featuring yellow and orange flowers, green and purple leaves, white daisies, and blue and pink accents, with overlapping textures and brushstrokes.
Close-up of a colorful painting featuring butterflies, flowers, and foliage with vibrant greens, purple, pink, white, and orange hues.
Abstract painting with vibrant colors and various floral and leaf patterns, including red, yellow, purple, green, blue, and black elements on a dark background.
A dark-colored animal, likely a fox, in a forest with vibrant flowers, green leaves, and colorful foliage surrounding it.
Close-up of a colorful abstract painting with vibrant flowers, leaves, and lines on a dark background.
Close-up of a painting showing white pebbles or stones with colorful flowers and green vines growing between them, against a textured background.
A colorful abstract painting with various flowers, leaves, and textured brushstrokes, including red, purple, green, yellow, and white hues.
Broken pieces of painted and unpainted wood and signage scattered on ground with dirt and sparse grass.

Compatibility

Master's Thesis, 2023-2024

Title: ‘’Saderība’’ (Eng. Compatibility)

Technical specification: Oil, pastels, charcoal, acrylic on 12mm wood plywood; 23 parts

Supervisor: Vija Zariņa, Mg.art., associate professor

The aim of the work: To explore and visually represent the compatibility and relationship between humans and plants from a scientific point of view, using the technique of oil painting on an irregularly shaped wooden base.

The series consists of 23 wooden panels, each seeming to continue into the next — inviting the viewer to search for compatibility between them.

"Painting offers a way to connect things that would never see each other in nature."

A woman and a young woman celebrating a graduation outside a brick building. The young woman holds a bouquet of flowers and a diploma, and they are smiling together.
A vase of yellow flowers on a windowsill with a gray cat peeking in from the right side, looking through a window with sheer curtains.
A woman with short reddish hair wearing a purple shirt and green overalls painting a large, curved, floral artwork featuring yellow, pink, purple, and blue flowers.

"Even though some of the plants I've painted would never exist side by side in reality, in these paintings, they live their own life.’’

Black wire chair with a circular seat and radial backrest in front of a white wall. The wall features colorful abstract leaf and flower patterns cutouts.
Close-up of a person holding a painted circular surface depicting water lilies with yellow, orange, blue, and green colors surrounded by larger lily pads on a darker background.

"With each flower, we feel our own Compatibility — grounded not so much in science as in a string of associations, taste, and need." — Saulcerīte Viese

"I'm struck by how complex, and how strikingly human-like, plant life really is."

A person using a paintbrush to paint a wooden surface with colorful floral patterns, surrounded by finished painted wooden pieces with floral designs.

"What lies behind the symbols and inner sensations that lead our thoughts back to Earth's earliest inhabitants — at a time when artificial intelligence is advancing?"

A vibrant painting of flowers with purple, pink, yellow, and blue blossoms against a dark background.
A colorful abstract painting of flowers and foliage on a wooden surface, with a potted green plant with broad, glossy leaves in front of it.
Colorful abstract painting of various flowers, leaves, a butterfly, and small decorative elements on a black background, rendered in bright, vibrant colors and expressive brushstrokes.
A young woman with short, light brown hair wearing a purple top and green apron, holding a large, circular, decorative floral artwork with intricate colorful flower and leaf patterns.
Colorful abstract painting of various flowers including pink, orange, and red blossoms, with green foliage and white accents.
Close-up of a colorful painting of a flower with a black background.
Close-up of a circular decorative object with painted purple, pink, white, and blue flowers and foliage on a dark background, leaning against a white wall.
Colorful abstract painting of flowers and greenery, with large yellow, red, and purple blooms, painted with thick brushstrokes on a textured surface.
A close-up of a vibrant, colorful floral print with various flowers and leaves on a dark background, some flowers outlined with bright neon colors.
A large painting with a leaf pattern design in green and yellow, with a brown rim, placed on a gray floor.
Colorful floral painted artwork with pink, yellow, blue, purple, and white flowers against a dark background.
A large, flower-covered, vine-shaped structure with pink, purple, red, yellow, and white flowers, green leaves, and intricate floral patterns. A woman with blonde hair, dressed in black, is beside it, touching the structure with her right hand.
A hand holding a circular piece of art with purple and blue flowers, against a colorful abstract background with various flowers and leaf patterns.
Colorful floral illustration with various types of flowers and leaves in yellow, purple, white, pink, blue, and green, set against a dark background.
A painting on wood with abstract lines surrounded by gold-colored floral patterns and pink lines, hanging on a white wall.
Close-up of a colorful, painted floral pattern on a large curved surface, with a second similar artwork in the background, inside an art studio.
A wooden cutout on green grass with small pink and white flowers surrounding it.
Close-up of a large, textured wooden cut-out with small purple and white flowers scattered across it. The background includes part of a woven surface and some coral-colored fabric.
Close-up of a painting on a textured paper surface depicting colorful flowers with pink, red, cream, and green hues, with parts of the flowers blending into a black background.
A potted daffodil plant held by a person's hand in front of a colorful, painted floral background.
Close-up of a colorful painting featuring a white daisy with yellow center, green leaves, and stems, along with blue and orange abstract elements in the background.
Colorful abstract painting of flowers with pink, purple, yellow, and blue hues on a dark background.
Close-up photograph of colorful floral paintings with vibrant flowers and leaves on canvases.
Colorful abstract painting with numerous stylized flower shapes in pink, yellow, green, purple, and black, set against a textured dark and earthy background.
A colorful painting of various flowers and leaves on a dark background, including a large pink flower, white daisies, a blue flower, and red, yellow, and green foliage, with some abstract purple lines.
A large, oval-shaped wooden panel painted with vibrant, detailed floral designs featuring various colorful flowers and greenery. The painting workspace includes an easel, paint supplies, and a paintbrush resting on the panel.
A vibrant abstract painting depicting various colorful flowers and leaves with bright pink, white, yellow, purple, blue, and green tones against a dark background.
Abstract painting featuring a textured blue background with scattered pastel-colored flower-like brushstrokes and dark shaded areas.
An abstract painting featuring various colorful flowers, leaves, and swirling patterns. The flowers are primarily pink, red, white, and blue, set against a dark green and black background with vibrant brushstrokes.
A colorful painting of a lush garden scene with various flowers, green foliage, and a branch with pink and red buds, painted with vibrant and textured brushstrokes.
Colorful painting of various flowers and greenery with vibrant yellow, purple, pink, and blue blossoms and green leaves and stems.
A person holding a painting of cherry blossoms and greenery. The person has visible arms, one wearing a watch, and is sitting against a plain white background.
A hand holding a painting with a floral design featuring a prominent red flower and green leaves, against a plain white background.
A large, colorful, floral-patterned painting with vibrant flowers and greenery painted on it, held with one hand against a white background.
Close-up of a person holding a painted, rounded wooden object with colorful floral and abstract patterns on a white background.
A person holding a colorful, intricately designed circular piece of art with floral patterns.

Empty film

A black-and-white painting depicts a seascape with a rocky shoreline in the foreground and distant mountains in the background, using brushstrokes that create texture and depth.

Bachelor's thesis , ‘‘Tuksie kadri’’ (‘‘Empty film’’)

Pigments, ochre, oil, varnish, wooden panels

4 × 21 × 15.5 × 5.2 cm

1 × 32 × 32 × 5.25 cm

1 × 32 × 26 × 5.25 cm

1 × 63 × 91 × 5.25 cm

1 × 89.5 × 133 × 5 cm

Thesis supervisor: Professor Kristaps Zariņš

This series began in Spain, during a six-month Erasmus+ exchange — after an incorrectly loaded roll of film cost me 36 sentimental, inspirational shots. The empty frames sparked a need to repaint what I remembered but never captured. I kept the analog spirit alive through dry pigments on wood, earth tones, monochrome, charcoal, and varnish — echoing the detached, imperfect glimpse of a film camera. Some paintings focus on precise details; others are just breezes of color and atmosphere, as memory tends to work.

Most pieces trace two months spent exploring Spain's southern coast — from Almería to Portugal, and the mountain road home to Granada. Mornings with sand underfoot, nights of restless waves and endless stars — that rhythm still guides my work today.

An abstract black and blue painting featuring swirling forms and textured patterns.

"The empty frames sparked a strong desire to revive the memory of what had been visually perceived but never captured."

"Hearing the restless dance of waves at night... and gazing up at the endless order of the stars — that has become a guiding thread in my artistic practice today."

Black and white abstract painting. The image has a dark background with swirling patterns and textures.

"We experience life's most beautiful fleeting moments without any photographic record at all, and yet photography still connects one such moment to another."

Multiple pieces of modern art displayed on a light gray wall, including black and white drawings, paintings, and abstract ink sketches.
Three black and white abstract artworks displayed on a wall with a white background.
Multiple abstract paintings displayed on a white gallery wall, with the largest piece featuring black and blue brushstrokes.
Gallery wall featuring abstract paintings with dark and blue tones on a white wall.
An abstract art painting featuring black brushstrokes and orange rectangular shapes on a white background, with a small black and white portrait inset.
Black and white landscape painting on a wall, depicting a seascape with rocks, grasses, and a cloudy sky.
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