Original artwork description:

Zakhar Shevchuk’s 12:00 captures the indescribable stillness that falls during a solar eclipse – a few seconds when the world changes its rhythm. The painting’s balanced geometry and subtle tonal gradations invite the viewer into that precise instant when light hesitates.

The composition hovers between abstraction and nature. Deep blues melt into muted golds, while a circular presence – part sun, part void – radiates gentle power. Shevchuk’s brushwork is both intuitive and deliberate, recording not what he sees but what he feels: the awe of time standing still.

12:00 is not about astronomy but awareness. It transforms a cosmic event into a metaphor for consciousness – a reminder that every pause, every shadow, can reveal hidden light.

Materials used:

Oil

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