Getting absorbed in the space of a painting, we first and foremost discover in it the relationships of color – now bright and beaming, now subdued but always rich, sappy and invariably harmonized. Subject loses its conventional value, as it is color, not a theme, that bestows integrity to Natalia Pankova’s pictures; color provides all explanations and whatever justification is needed in her world. Color turns the artist’s works into an enchanting sight that challenges the tedium and the malice of day. This eye-catcher is cherished as a gift, and it lasts bringing with it the frothiness of liberation from routine pains, hardships and vanities…

Vladimir Tseltner, art critic. 1993. Moscow