Hello, Dear Visitor!
I am an artist Aili Vint from Estonia, Europe. I come from the middle of the last century, born in 1941, in the small town Rakvere.
Welcome to my HOME PAGE!
The word HOME sounds like a sacred temple, a warm light that soothes the depths of our soul and beckons us to explore inner landscapes. So I will use the word HOME PAGE instead of WEBSITE—something that carries feelings of beauty, emotion, and what the soul yearns for.
Feel at home! Come in — the door is open! I’m delighted to see you!
My space is filled with my life's works and a “menu,” where every piece invites you to taste and experience. Sit down, let’s talk about life and creation.
I am now retired, but my romantic spirit whispers that an artist never ages, never stops creating—they continue until the last brushstroke, standing firm amidst layers of paint and stone.
Sometimes I humorously see myself as a circus horse, having come from the middle of the last century—contentedly grazing on a field, until the sound of circus music echoes in the distance. Then my heart springs to life, performing old tricks with joyful abandon.
Me & the Sea
I am lucky, as I have had the Sea as a source of my inspiration and my model for over 70 years. Nothing moves me like the beauty of the Sea with all its wild natural elements. I want to show my painted seascapes, with moods of different senses from extreme to extreme, and tell true stories about them. The Sea has my endless gratitude forever.
For me, the Sea is like a living, spontaneous masterpiece — turbulent and unpredictable, stirring conflicting feelings within us all. Sometimes it pushes us cruelly away, leaving us in silence for years, and then, in moments of grace, beautifully pulls us back together again. The Sea simply is. It makes its choices freely, just as art does — wild and limitless. And I am much like the Sea.
AFTER THE RAIN, Oil on canvas, 1982, 100x115cm, artist’s private collection
Who is Aili Vint
Who am I - the others know it better - more creatively!
doughter Eva-Maria:
“Aili has many professions. Artist, interior designer, builder, gardener, teacher, traveler… Who she really is depends on the day, the situation and the need. She probably doesn't even know it exactly herself. When she was little, she wanted to become a tiger tamer. So that's not out of the question either. In any case, she's a very colorful person.”
Heie Treier, art scholar:
Aili Vint's work can be called a search for harmony in a world where a person's relationships with themselves and with other people, social relations, and also the relationship between man and technology have lost their balance. The artist sees a way out in creating a new relationship with nature, she pursues this in all her activities and then tries to share her discoveries generously with everyone who wants to hear.
Aili Vint has gone through a long journey in search of harmony, which is reflected in both her life and art. On this journey, she has been spiritually helped by several ancient wisdoms and healing systems, starting with Carlos Castaneda.”
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“Aili Vint creates art from the sacred. As a marine painter, she has been able to give more meanings than anyone else in Estonian art. Artist Aili Vint is a moment-catcher. In nature, everything is in motion, and what the artist's eye catches at one unexpected moment, something existential and essential, is gone the next. All that remains is the experience felt by a single person, who has the power to revive the moment, to value and amplify the primal beauty of nature.
This is an extremely direct approach to the art object, and the result allows for contact with the most diverse audience – a rather unusual phenomenon in contemporary high art at all.
Jaan Kruusvall, writer:
"The world that Aili Vint creates is delicate and elusive, easily vulnerable and damaged. Just like the rest of the world. And just like a person's inner world. A reflex – in Estonian we could use a beautiful word - kuma (glow) – is the reception of the surrounding and at the same time the giving of oneself."
As you see, there is a lot to see as the Sea has given me so much.
You are more than welcome to look around!
Yours,
Aili Vint