Art comes in different forms and types. Some artist love to paint, some love to sculpt, some illustrate and there are some who infuse life in arcane and decaying things. Just like artist Ekaterina Panikanova who loves painting across contiguous books and documents and creates amazing artwork. Just look at the image on the left.

Ekaterina was born in St. Petersburg in 1975. She has attended the Art School in St. Petersburg and has done her graduation at the Fine Art Academy in Monumental painting.

She was only 5 when she participated in her first exhibition in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

This book painting project known as 'Errata Corige' is one of her recent projects, where Ekaterina has painted across open-faced books, aligned with one another. She uses old books and documents like post-cards, letters, etc.



According to a press release, "The proposition of the artist is based on the metaphor of the oyster and the pearl: the entrance of the sand represents a stress element for the shell and starts the expulsion and the production of the pearl. This metaphor indicates that since childhood, everyone holds a storage of images, traumas and experiences that they carry for all their lives."

Here are some of our favorite book paintings from Ekaterina. Have a look: