Darkness (2026) Original Oil Painting by Mykhailo Khalin

This square-format oil painting portrays a moody, sepia-toned nocturne landscape. The scene features a dark, sweeping mountain range rising along the left side, contrasted against a dynamic sky filled with scattered, glowing speckles resembling distant stars. A bright, textured full moon anchors the upper center, casting a brilliant, vertical streak of warm light that shimmers across the quiet surface of the water below. A small, solitary silhouette of a tree stands in the lower right foreground, grounding the atmospheric expanse.

Texture and Technique:
The artwork is crafted using a pronounced impasto technique, with rich layers of oil paint applied thickly via a palette knife and brush. The heavy, sculptural application gives the mountains, water reflections, and the luminous moon a tangible, rugged physicality. Visible strokes and raised textures create an organic interaction with ambient light, enhancing the depth of the dark monochrome palette.

Materials used:

oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 30 x 30 x 1cm (unframed)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky