The Bookshelf (2026) Original Pastel Drawing by Alina Timoshenko

A vibrant oil pastel still life featuring a colourful bookshelf filled with books, flowers, and decorative ceramics. Rich textures and expressive colour celebrate the warmth of a home library and the joy of everyday living.

Oil Pastel on paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 65 × 50 cm (unframed)

The Bookshelf celebrates the quiet beauty of a home filled with books, flowers, and treasured objects. Colourful volumes line the shelves alongside delicate ceramics and fresh blooms, creating a warm, inviting space that reflects a love of reading and everyday rituals.

Created in oil pastel on paper, the artwork combines expressive texture with a vibrant contemporary palette inspired by Fauvist colour and decorative interiors. Rich blues, soft violets, luminous greens, and warm accents bring rhythm and harmony to the composition, transforming an ordinary bookshelf into a joyful celebration of colour and personal space.

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Materials used:

oil pastel

Details:

• Pastel drawing on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 65 x 0.1cm (unframed)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: Still life