Urban Layers (2026) Original Acrylic Painting by Maria Kireev

A vibrant urban scene where architecture, light, and everyday details come together in a dynamic composition. Sunlit façades, balconies, windows, tangled wires, storefronts, and trees overlap to create the visual rhythm of a Mediterranean city.

Rather than depicting the street with photographic precision, the painting explores its character through fragmented perspective, expressive brushwork, texture, and geometric forms. Warm ochres and yellows contrast with cool blues and greys, capturing the intense light and slightly chaotic beauty of the urban landscape.

The tilted buildings and shifting lines give the composition a sense of movement, as if the city is constantly changing around the viewer. Familiar architectural details gradually become abstract shapes, turning an ordinary street corner into a lively urban collage.

This work is part observation and part emotional memory — a celebration of the imperfect, layered and unmistakably human character of city life.

Materials used:

acrylic, Knives

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 80 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 50 x 80cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes