Acrylic Mixed Media

Elina Pasok’s art is a vibrant, emotive exploration of resilience, interconnectedness, and healing. Drawing inspiration from the delicate balance between nature and human health, her work weaves organic forms, cellular structures, and symbolic figures into visually arresting compositions.

Using neon colours, colour-shift pigments, and intricate detailing, Elina creates an immersive world that soothes and energises the viewer. Her signature coral-tree motifs, evocative of both dendrites and branching ecosystems, are central to her work. These forms represent growth, resilience, and the invisible connections between lifeforms, while her playful "Watcher" characters and cheerful cats remind us to find optimism in the face of adversity. Each piece acts as a visual reminder that strength can emerge from fragility and beauty from the everyday.

Elina’s work is deeply personal, yet universal. Born from her fascination with ecological balance and human health, her art aims to inspire comfort, healing, and hope.

Elina’s paintings blur the line between the micro and macro worlds. Her coral-tree motifs serve as a versatile metaphor—representing synapses, ecosystems, and the branching paths of human experiences. These motifs are imbued with optimism, glowing in vivid neon hues that seem to pulsate with life.

Hints of copper foil and luminous pigments create an ethereal quality, suggesting transformation and renewal. At the same time, her choice of bright, bold palettes contrasts with the delicacy of her linework, reinforcing the tension between fragility and resilience—a recurring theme in her art.

Emotional Support Cats

I made this painting to create a source of comfort and encouragement that speaks directly to anyone facing challenges. The cats are obnoxiously positive, with little funny smiles, and when you look at them they root for you with their tiny little voices: "Yes, you can do this! Woooo! Go-go-go! You're on the right path! Just do it!"

The cats in the painting symbolize a steadfast, uplifting force, designed to nudge viewers to stay positive even when times are tough. Their cheerful and encouraging presence is meant to counteract the never-ending negativity in our world. The canvas is a sanctuary of optimism.

Art has the power to elevate the human spirit, offer solace, and inspire hope. "Emotional Support Cats" is a testament to this. It's a painting that you are capable, valued, and on the right path. And you are not alone, there are kind forces around you.

Acrylic, copper foil details, varnished and iridescent - shines in different lighting.

Size: 76 W x 101 H x 2 D cm

For all the Cats Lost and Wandering Home

Dedicated to Loki, my cat of 20.5 years.
Acrylic on Canvas, copper foil details.

Size: 50 W x 100 H x 4 D cm

Flame Tree

Pulse of Protection

Vibrant neons pulse through the delicate network of cells and branching systems, echoing the intricate systems within us.
Many know first-hand what happens when the immune system fails you. When it loses the battle with invaders or starts attacking the body itself causing autoimmune flares.

This work is vibrant, it's colourful and it's healing. It's charged with my warmest thoughts.
A tribute to the resilience.

Size: 76 W x 101 H x 2 D cm

Healing Plants

Size: 76 W x 101 H x 2 D cm

Growth

The Watchers

The Watchers keep watching.
Finished and out of the way. I use small formats when I'm waiting for the bigger pieces to dry.

These creatures with big round eyes come out every time the newsfeed fills with something awful. They stare at the screens absorbing the terrifying images.
I kept the faces ambiguous on purpose, so we see different emotions in them. Guess which Watcher looks the most angry to me? Who is sad?

Size: 31 W x 31 H x 4 D cm

A Bird Votive

Clay, acrylic, copper foil

Spectators

Do you ever feel your brain tingle when you see something incredibly beautiful? When your senses are heightened and you feel the beauty envelope the whole of you? I do and I adore and crave this feeling.
This one is called "Spectators".
How our synapses tingle and light up. The painting has a slight shimmer & the green is fluorescently bright.

Size: 60 W x 60 H x 2 D cm

Kindling

Stormy Night Corals

Putting On The Brave Face

I Hurt But I'll get Through This

Find The One Who Can Relate

Furry Corals

Size: 60 W x 90 H x 4 D cm

Synaptic Radio

See how our synapses talk to each other, making us alive. Iridescent, neon burst of pink, red and glowing. The first step in synapse communication is called "an action potential". When it arrives at the axon terminal actions or thoughts happen.
What's your "action potential" today? What are you thinking about?

Size: 60 W x 60 H x 2 D cm

Terror

Sunrise

Size: 30 W x 100 H x 2 D cm

Toucan Spirits

Jungle toucans. The branches as well as the streaks of light, or perhaps sound, are hand-cut out of thin copper foil that reflects light from different angles. The warm glow of copper and satin finish of acrylic.

Size: 60 W x 90 H x 2 D cm

Songs of the Magic Frog

Is there hope for the endangered species? I hope we still can reverse the loss of habitat and ecosystems. I hope that the frogs will continue singing their songs and the forests never go quiet.

There are 1255 critically endangered and endangered species of frogs according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. This artwork is both dark and hopeful.

Mixed media canvas with acrylic paint and hand-cut streaks of light made of thin copper foil that reflects light from different angles.

Size: 60 W x 90 H x 2 D cm

Corals Glowing Gone

I’ve been working on a number of various projects about environmental issues. I’ve recently shot “Breathe!” series about the air pollution, my “Modern Gods” project was about anthropogenic disasters and I’m currently in the middle of acrylic/mixed media painting series on endangered animal species.

The canvas I finished in the beginning of May is a painting of a coral reef. When Pantone announced Living Coral as the 2019 Colour of the Year, I thought it’s quite ironic given the dire situation of our oceans.

Initially, I wanted to paint my new canvas in muted monochrome tones of white dead corals. Soon I realized the painting looks too sombre and I decided to give it a makeover with a blast of colour. Neon yellow, iridescent blue and purple, lots of texture, and copper foil details as a finishing touch. Turned out pretty joyous, however, the water colour sparked some questions from my friends. Not blue, why? Well, because over the last 30 years, 50% of the world’s coral reefs have been lost due to various human activities.

I found out that this week Pantone, Adobe Stock, and non-profit TheOceanAgency came together to draw attention to this plight with #GlowingGone. They have created three coral fluorescence colours. Coral fluorescence is the species’ “last line of defence” before succumbing to bleaching. The researchers found a distinct correlation between the degree of bleaching and the concentration of a coral’s fluorescent proteins – just like a Supernova, they glow brightest before they die.

Coincidentally, I used the exact colours in my coral painting. I thought a white coral would be sad, but reading what TheOceanAgency has shared, this canvas gets another layer of meaning. “The corals’ last cry for help “. Surprisingly, subconsciously I managed to paint exactly what I wanted to say.

Laurie Pressman, VP of the Pantone Colour Institute. “It is as if the corals are sending a colour-coded SOS that says, ‘Please look at me; I need you to notice before I slip away.’ In that sense, these incredibly vibrant colours could be considered the colours of the climate crisis.”

Size: 75 W x 100 H x 2 D cm

Ravens in the Redwood

The redwoods are the largest and tallest trees in the world. The trees that can outlive a civilization, trees that can live literally for a thousand years, are endangered and soon to be lost.
A black raven is an omen, a messenger, a mediator between life and death.

Size: 75 W x 100 H x 2 D cm