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Original artwork description:

This is a new type of still life, where the “dead nature” comes to life as “quiet life” (Still Life), full of active symbolic dialogue.

The central figure of a girl, compositionally referring to the classic images of gospel scenes (such as the "secret evening"), is not a religious, but existential gesture. It deviates, finding the balance not in statics, but in dynamic acceptance. The key object is a sculpture in its hands, a “palm-improving eye” is a metaphor for clairvoyance of the present. We do not cling to the material (hands are empty), but we gain power through a “clear look without illusions”, through a deep, intuitive knowledge.

The parrot, a symbol of a chatty, imitating mind, is tamed and silent here. This is a pacified internal dialogue, a necessary condition for creativity.

The tiger personifies the valor and success that live where fear and laziness are expelled - the main “demons” of the modern psyche.

This work is an example of new symbolism! Where every detail is not accidental!
She demonstrates how figurative painting can carry a deep conceptual charge, exploring the states of consciousness and offering the viewer not only the image, but also experience - a meditative visual algorithm for gaining inner silence and courage.

Materials used:

Oil, canvas

Tags:
#still life #parrot #portrait girl #catherine braiko 

equilibrium (2025) Oil painting
by Catherine Braiko

£3,898.35 

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This is a new type of still life, where the “dead nature” comes to life as “quiet life” (Still Life), full of active symbolic dialogue.

The central figure of a girl, compositionally referring to the classic images of gospel scenes (such as the "secret evening"), is not a religious, but existential gesture. It deviates, finding the balance not in statics, but in dynamic acceptance. The key object is a sculpture in its hands, a “palm-improving eye” is a metaphor for clairvoyance of the present. We do not cling to the material (hands are empty), but we gain power through a “clear look without illusions”, through a deep, intuitive knowledge.

The parrot, a symbol of a chatty, imitating mind, is tamed and silent here. This is a pacified internal dialogue, a necessary condition for creativity.

The tiger personifies the valor and success that live where fear and laziness are expelled - the main “demons” of the modern psyche.

This work is an example of new symbolism! Where every detail is not accidental!
She demonstrates how figurative painting can carry a deep conceptual charge, exploring the states of consciousness and offering the viewer not only the image, but also experience - a meditative visual algorithm for gaining inner silence and courage.

Materials used:

Oil, canvas

Tags:
#still life #parrot #portrait girl #catherine braiko 
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Painting – is my life! That may sound pretty cliche, but that is true. I do oil paintings and am absolutely in love with the material. It gives me incredible... Read more

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