About

Hi, I’m Hanna Starostina.
I was born in Odesa, Ukraine, and since 2022 I’ve been living in Bansko, Bulgaria — a place I like to say the mountains called me to.
Surrounded by the Pirin Mountains, I began to notice the world differently. Changing light, open landscapes, old streets, unexpected colors, small details that could easily be missed — all of these gradually found their way into my paintings.
I’ve learned to see life in paintings. Sometimes it’s a landscape, sometimes a quiet corner of a street, a shadow on a wall, or simply two colors meeting in a way that makes me stop.
I don’t try to define myself by a particular style or label. Creativity has always been part of the way I experience and express life — through painting, sound, and music.
When I paint, I simply follow what catches my attention and what I want to keep a little longer.
Perhaps that’s what my paintings are for me — small pieces of places, moments, and feelings I didn’t want to let disappear.