Natalia Vypritskaia, On the Edge of Shadow, Oil on Canvas

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Original (not a print)
Technique: oil on canvas mounted on panel, palette knife (impasto)
Style: textured painting / impasto
Size: … Read more Original (not a print)
Technique: oil on canvas mounted on panel, palette knife (impasto)
Style: textured painting / impasto
Size: 40 × 50 × 0,5 cm
The figure in the painting seems to emerge from the depths of darkness—like a person standing on the border between light and shadow. Bright, jagged strokes of red and turquoise resemble flashes of inner strength piercing through the darkness. The face, painted fragmentarily and dramatically, emphasizes the feeling of a moment in which emotion is stronger than form.
Each stroke seems to carry tension: somewhere it is a flame, somewhere — a cold glimmer of light. The painting is based on the contrast between the fragility of the human image and the turbulent energy of colorful movement. It is a moment when a person stands at a point of change, on the very edge of the shadow, and takes a step — either inward or toward the light. Stamped by Maker See less