Here are some paintings by the artist, where beautiful past is visualized. In 2000, the work "Ata-zhurt" (Fatherland) was painted. There are few figures here: two mounted horsemen, one dismounted, a bride-girl on a camel and a woman standing next to her. Behind them there is a domed structure and a high sky with golden and crimson clouds. The rider on the white horse has a golden eagle in his hand, the rider on the bay horse has a spear. A hunter and a warrior. They are in the center of the composition. Let's remember this.
These four canvases are exciting not only because they are dedicated to the “golden age” of nomadism, which in the eyes of descendants possesses the unshakable principles of traditional existence, but also how the artist designated this constancy, shades of which are sometimes given by the uncontrollable chaos of life. He introduced repetitive elements into each composition, unlike the others. It is something like the North Star, around which other stars are circling. And it is the North Star – a constant reference point for a person wandering in the vast expanses of the earth. And for Ali Baktygereyev, the Kazakh nomadism has become an unshakable and wonderful landmark in the chaos of modern life.
