Atmospheric Study No. 8 (2026) Original Oil Painting by Daria Zavadenko

Part of an ongoing series exploring the relationship between horizon, atmosphere, and landscape space.

This original oil painting continues an investigation into light, atmosphere, and perception through a reduced landscape language. Built with expressive palette knife marks and layered oil paint, the composition balances abstraction with references to land, sky, and the drama of a setting sun breaking through forest.

A luminous solar burst emerges from behind a dark tree silhouette at the horizon, casting warm rays of amber and yellow across an expansive evening sky. Dramatic cloud formations — built in sweeping diagonal strokes of blue, white, and soft rose — fill the upper composition with energy and movement, while the darkened landscape below anchors the scene in quiet stillness. A small body of water in the foreground mirrors the fading light, connecting earth and sky.

Rather than depicting a specific location, the painting explores the experience of landscape as a space shaped by light, weather, and the passage of time. Rich textures and layered color relationships reveal new details with sustained observation.

Part of the Atmospheric Studies series.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Panel / Board / MDF
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 28 x 28 x 2.5cm (framed) / 20 x 20cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky