GALA Art

Where thoughts become worlds

Textured mixed-media paintings by Galina Lysenko — texture paste, acrylic, oil, and epoxy resin, built up in relief on large canvases and signed Gala.

Textured painting of a full moon in silver and gold on a deep blue ground — Full Moon — mixed media on canvas

Selected works

Full moon painting, heavily textured silver and gold surface on deep blue — Full Moon Mixed media on canvas

Lionfish in silver and red relief over a blue underwater scene with pearls and corals — Lionfish Mixed media on canvas

Two manta rays gliding through a teal sea scattered with white pearl dots — Manta Rays Mixed media on canvas

The Dreamer Oil on canvas

Abstract textured painting in copper, bronze and amber with inlaid golden circles — Copper Abstraction Mixed media on canvas

Click a painting to view it large; click again to see close-up details of the texture.

In interiors

Manta Rays and Lionfish hanging in a tall hotel lobby

Copper Abstraction above a desk in a home office

The Dreamer above a sofa in a living room

About the artist

Her photo

Galina Lysenko

My story with art began in childhood. I was born in Kyrgyzstan and grew up in Kazakhstan. When I was five, I was given a set of watercolors. It was winter — I would sit on the windowsill, watch the snow fall, and paint my first winter landscapes. At fourteen I passed the entrance exams to art school, but life turned another way, and that first chapter ended there.

Many years and several countries later, at fifty-seven, I finally had the time to return to what I had always loved. I taught myself modern materials and techniques — texture paste, acrylic, oil, epoxy resin — and quickly discovered my love for large formats: space, scale, and the feeling of real volume on the canvas. Many of my works are around 50 × 60 inches.

My artistic language is built on texture, volume, and surrealism. A painting is born first in my imagination, then slowly carried onto the canvas. For me, color, texture, and form are not just artistic tools — they are a way to carry energy and emotion.

I never want to hand the viewer a single correct interpretation. I am far more interested in each person seeing something of their own in a painting. I believe art begins where the viewer does not simply look at a picture, but feels it.

Where Thoughts Become Worlds.