Natalia Vypritskaia, Feronia, 2026, Acrylic on Canvas

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“Feronia”
Size: 60 × 80 × 3.5 cm
Materials: Acrylic on professional cotton canvas, 400 g/m², stretched on a wooden … Read more “Feronia”
Size: 60 × 80 × 3.5 cm
Materials: Acrylic on professional cotton canvas, 400 g/m², stretched on a wooden frame
Year of creation: 2026
Artist: Natalia Vyprytskaia (Poland, Poznan)
The work draws on the image of Feronia, the ancient Italic goddess of fire, nature, and liberation. The figure is rendered in a cool blue-black palette, deliberately contrasted with a fiery background of ochre, orange, and scarlet the element surrounds but does not consume. The monumental crown of hair, occupying most of the canvas, reads as a symbol of sovereignty and inner strength.
Textured brushstrokes, dripping, and the pronounced relief of the surface enhance the sensation of living, pulsating energy. The painting exists on the border between portrait and archetype what stands before the viewer is not a specific person, but embodied power. See less