Painting by Olena Koliesnik

A mystical space of ablution. Inspired by archaic rituals and with the addition of alien light. As if reaching for the sacred and trying to convey the moment of contact with a higher order. The hero is in the middle of a river under an alien barrier - this is the point where the "intangible asset" of faith becomes a physical feeling of protection and blessing. The work is part of the "Journey to..." series - a series of five round canvases. The choice of the round shape of the canvas is a conscious departure from linear logic in favor of cyclicity. This is an exploration of a journey that has no final point, because its goal is the process itself. At first it was a chaos of texture and color, later the Hero entered these viscous, hot or mystical environments. Each circle is a lens that colors everything around in the corresponding color, based on my decisions made at that moment. These works worked as a tool for "level fusion", where each step into the depths becomes a step up.