In the diverse and multi-format panorama of contemporary art, it is difficult to meet an artist gifted with a bright individuality. Milena Velcheva is a unique artist, in many ways mysterious, lonely. In the time of rampant modernism, she paints with the patience and self-absorption of a Renaissance master.
Her works are the apotheosis of beauty in all its dimensions. She achieves a sense of perfection in the path of light, mastery of space, the plasticity of form, the harmony of colors, handling one of the most complex techniques with enviable, I would say, virtuoso ease. In her works, she rises above reality, seeks the purity and sometimes elusive
beauty of spiritual values. After the initial deep emotional experience, her paintings bring peace of mind. Everywhere you can feel her tenderness, delicacy, her soulfulness...
A significant place in her masterful work is occupied by the Orthodox monasteries of Bulgaria, Russia, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, Kosovo, Athos... A remarkable collection, no one else has worked so deeply and poetically, building paintings on this theme in a unique style. The artist's kaleidoscopic landscapes are reflections of forgotten worlds or worlds from her dreams. Trees wave their hair, stars dance in the sky, an explosion of light tears apart the darkness... For Milena, they are the emotional core of her searches, an explosion of materialism, liberation and a feeling of freedom of spirit, a flight into infinity...

The catalog "The Art of Milena Velcheva" is published on the occasion of her painting exhibition "The Embrace of Peace" in the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome in 2025, blessed by the Vatican, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria.