Painting by Olena Koliesnik

A blinding yellow light that does not illuminate the path, but blinds the vision. For me, this color became an image of the borderline state between objective reality and subjective pain. By circling the circle created by an ordinary household plate, I recorded the only routine available to me - a small action that helped to stay afloat. It was honest - to the extent that one can be honest with oneself at all, when the focus was sharpened on the details, and did not see the situation completely. The hero looks at the wall of his cozy, but closed universe. This is a space that simultaneously protects and does not allow one to go beyond its own boundaries. The works in the triptych are independent, but together they reveal the idea of Iten's primary colors, to which I turned to find harmony and its proportions. All works in the triptych can be purchased separately. Note: The painting is from the section “Stupor” (freeze reaction) from the series “Solomon’s Paradox” — 18 works created at the intersection of psychology, about reptilian survival instincts and the artist’s real history of emigration. 2023, Ukraine