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Fortune tellers are people that claim to be the ”mediums” between the ghost world and the human being. They worship unknown magic and mighty spirits. They predict your future, luck, love, finances, failures and even your date of death. As i grew up in the land (Latvia) where the paganism is still alive and almost every individual is searching for the answers ( when life is getting tough), by visiting the gypsy woman. I did the same here in the Netherlands. I went there in February - the coldest and darkest month - the month of despair. At this time I am in the beginning of this project. Through paintings I try to record the ominous and peculiar feeling of the moment while i am visiting the fortune teller. Also the interior of the space is playing a big role in these particular painting series. The one you see is located in Zaandam, The Netherlands.