KAINDY

From the series Steppe

Kaindy is a turquoise lake in the Kolsai Lakes National Park, 130 kilometres east of Almaty and 2,000 metres above sea level. It formed when an earthquake set off a landslide that dammed the gorge. The water rose over a forest of Schrenk’s spruce, and the bleached trunks still stand above the surface; locals call it the sunken forest. Like every Steppe painting, it was built up in thin washes on canvas laid on the floor and finished with Gali’s fingertips.

Acrylic and oil on canvas

Private collection