- Oleg Kateryniuk
- All Artworks
- Escape from Reality
Escape from Reality (2024) Original Oil Painting by Oleg Kateryniuk
130 x 149.99 x 2.03cm (unframed) / 130 x 149.99cm (actual image size)
£7,685
Original artwork description
№Kat 47
Oil on canvas artwork “Escape from Reality” depicts a solitary man captured in motion as he steps forward across a sparse landscape. The figure is seen from behind, wearing a jacket, jeans and boots, leaning forward as if escaping or moving quickly away from something unseen. Around him grow several desert plants and dry grasses, their thin forms emphasizing the quiet emptiness of the surrounding space. The restrained palette and soft background create a contemplative atmosphere where the human figure becomes the central focus of the composition.
The idea behind this work reflects the universal desire to step beyond everyday reality. The man appears caught in a moment between movement and hesitation, suggesting a search for freedom, distance or inner clarity. The minimal landscape and isolated plants reinforce the feeling of solitude, turning the scene into a symbolic journey where the figure moves forward through a quiet and uncertain world.
The artwork was created using oil on canvas, allowing layered brushwork and subtle tonal transitions across the background and ground. The careful rendering of the jacket, jeans and boots contrasts with the softer treatment of the landscape and desert plants. This balance between detail and atmosphere creates a figurative composition that explores movement, solitude and the human impulse to escape from reality.
Materials used:
oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 130 x 149.99 x 2.03cm (unframed) / 130 x 149.99cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#oil painting#figurative#pop art#boy#surrealism#minimalism#contemporary art#social commentary#symbolism#grotesque#original artwork#genre scene#neorealism
Free returns14 day money back guaranteeLearn more
Original artwork description
№Kat 47
Oil on canvas artwork “Escape from Reality” depicts a solitary man captured in motion as he steps forward across a sparse landscape. The figure is seen from behind, wearing a jacket, jeans and boots, leaning forward as if escaping or moving quickly away from something unseen. Around him grow several desert plants and dry grasses, their thin forms emphasizing the quiet emptiness of the surrounding space. The restrained palette and soft background create a contemplative atmosphere where the human figure becomes the central focus of the composition.
The idea behind this work reflects the universal desire to step beyond everyday reality. The man appears caught in a moment between movement and hesitation, suggesting a search for freedom, distance or inner clarity. The minimal landscape and isolated plants reinforce the feeling of solitude, turning the scene into a symbolic journey where the figure moves forward through a quiet and uncertain world.
The artwork was created using oil on canvas, allowing layered brushwork and subtle tonal transitions across the background and ground. The careful rendering of the jacket, jeans and boots contrasts with the softer treatment of the landscape and desert plants. This balance between detail and atmosphere creates a figurative composition that explores movement, solitude and the human impulse to escape from reality.
Materials used:
oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 130 x 149.99 x 2.03cm (unframed) / 130 x 149.99cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#oil painting#figurative#pop art#boy#surrealism#minimalism#contemporary art#social commentary#symbolism#grotesque#original artwork#genre scene#neorealism
Oleg Kateryniuk
United Kingdom
About
Oleg was born in 1969 in Ukraine. . has made a successful career as a graphic designer. .
But, over the years we become more sensitive to people, to nature,... Read more