Awakening (2026) Original Oil Painting by Nikifor Swiristuhin

I named this work “Awakening” because it captures a fleeting yet vivid moment of transition.
As I painted it, I felt the light slowly returning breath to the world.
The trees seem to awaken alongside the earth, still holding traces of sleep in their shadows.
The brushstrokes are deliberately uneven — this is how I convey the movement of air and the inner tremor of nature.
The water on the left is calm, yet it already carries a sense of change.
I mixed the colors intuitively, allowing them to clash and then find harmony.
For me, this is not just a landscape, but a state of the soul at the moment of renewal.
I sought to express not form, but the feeling of life awakening from within.
Every line here is a trace of my breath and my state of mind on that day.
And if the viewer can sense this quiet morning movement, then the painting has fulfilled its purpose.

Materials used:

Oil paints.

Details:

• Oil painting on Panel / Board / MDF
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 40 x 30 x 0.3cm (unframed) / 40 x 30cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky

Tags: