Alla Ditla

I studied sociology, finance, law and business administration, and worked in international management. More than ten years ago I turned to icon painting and the history of religion — at the European Christian Academy in Jūrmala, at Oxford in Theology and Religious Studies, and at the Icon Painting School in Samara, alongside the painting programme of the artist Laimutis Siurna.

That double training is where my work comes from: icons of saints and angels in the traditional technique, and abstract spiral compositions built from colour, texture and form. I also work with AI — another way of carrying images born in meditation into visible form.

As a child I loved to draw, but I met little understanding. In the end the lack of support led me to leave it behind for many years. When I came back to it two decades later, I saw how many people live without listening to their own call to create — to sing, to dance, to paint, to write, to make things with their hands.

In my work I convey images born from meditation and spiritual search. In them I try to show the eternal dance of light and shadow — their opposition, and their merging. In abstract forms, spirals and lines viewers find something of their own: a flow, a strength, a glimpse of saints and angels, or something more personal still.

My aim is simple — to make creativity feel available again. Through clear, expressive forms I want to give people a reason to look inward, and to help those who have forgotten what it is to create hear that quiet call once more.

Main Directions of Art Work:

Intuitive Abstracts – spontaneous, emotion-driven compositions guided by inner vision
Spiritual Symbolism – paintings infused with archetypal and esoteric meaning
Iconography – traditional religious icons created with reverence and technique
Sacred Nature – works inspired by natural elements, seasons, and the unseen patterns of life
Visual Poetry – minimalist or expressive pieces that convey silence, contemplation, or inner dialogue