Natasha Kramskaya
Karuna, 2025
Karuna, 2025
Canvas and mixed media on panel
6 feet wide, 6 feet tall, by 3 inches deep
$2,500, insured shipping included
6 feet wide, 6 feet tall, by 3 inches deep
$2,500, insured shipping included
Artist Natasha Kramskaya is standing next to her large work, Karuna, at Works gallery, 2025
Karuna, closeup
Karuna, closeup
Karuna — a large 3-dimensional work by San Jose artist Natasha Kramskaya
Karuna, closeup
This work is a meditation on a world free of wars and hatred. Violence could only breed more violence, and hate only deepens division. One must cultivate active kindness toward others to break the cycle. Inspired by the Buddhist principle of compassion alongside the Ukrainian belief in ancestral protection, Natasha envisioned a soaring bird of peace, carrying prayers for all sentient beings. Layers of Ukrainian newspaper articles documenting the invasion form its body.
The central element is inspired by the ancient Ukrainian motanka. It serves as a protective force, woven with fragments of sketches and handwritten notes and pieces of memory shared between Natasha's mother and the artist herself. The cut-up canvas symbolizes the cycle of life. As she tore each piece of canvas while creating the work, the artist wished for peace, hope, and healing for those suffering — individuals, as well as the world as a whole.
Natasha Kramskaya
Kind Heart, 2025-26
Kind Heart, 2025-26
Acrylic on gypsum form
Private collection
Private collection
Natasha Kramskaya
Dobrota Vrjatue Svit (Kindness Will Save the World), 2025
Dobrota Vrjatue Svit (Kindness Will Save the World), 2025
Acrylic, pencil, beads, newspaper on panel
21 inches wide, 21 inches tall, by 1.5 inches deep
$950, insured shipping included
21 inches wide, 21 inches tall, by 1.5 inches deep
$950, insured shipping included
“I grew up believing, as Dostoevsky once wrote, that Beauty will save the world. Even then, he meant a deeper kind of beauty; beauty that lives in acts of kindness, in moral courage, beauty that's deeply compassionate. Today, I believe it is Kindness that will save the world.”
This piece is inspired by the ancient Ukrainian protective motanka and the Buddhist principle of compassion. It's created from bits of past and present; fragments of old sketches, remnants of beaded works I made years ago back in Ukraine. You can see both Ukrainian and American newspaper clippings about the ongoing invasion into Ukraine and current political state in the United States. Blue birds of peace — a personal symbol Natasha has been using over the past few years — is seen at the top. She used a blue thread she brought with her all the way from Odesa years ago, to embroider in Ukrainian at the heart of the piece: “Доброта врятує світ” (Kindness will save the world).
This piece is inspired by the ancient Ukrainian protective motanka and the Buddhist principle of compassion. It's created from bits of past and present; fragments of old sketches, remnants of beaded works I made years ago back in Ukraine. You can see both Ukrainian and American newspaper clippings about the ongoing invasion into Ukraine and current political state in the United States. Blue birds of peace — a personal symbol Natasha has been using over the past few years — is seen at the top. She used a blue thread she brought with her all the way from Odesa years ago, to embroider in Ukrainian at the heart of the piece: “Доброта врятує світ” (Kindness will save the world).
Natasha Kramskaya
Ukrainian Heart, 2023-24
Ukrainian Heart, 2023-24
Acrylic on gypsum form
Private collection
Private collection
Hearts in San Francisco is one of the most widely recognized public art projects around the world. 2024 celebrates the 20th anniversary of Hearts in San Francisco sculptures that raise critical funds for our city’s public hospital, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Natasha's 2024 Heart Sculpture has exhibited at the San Francisco Ferry Building as well as at One Sansome Conservatory. It has sold at an auction to raise critical funds for our city’s public hospital, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
Purchasing Information
All works are ready to ship via domestic shipping.
To purchase a piece via Zelle or PayPal, please contact kramskaya.art@gmail.com.
To purchase a piece via Zelle or PayPal, please contact kramskaya.art@gmail.com.