Original artwork description:

Kyiv Skyline is an abstract acrylic painting by Zakhar Shevchuk, shaped by a night of tension and insomnia in the heart of Kyiv. But this is no ordinary cityscape. Instead of architectural precision, we see suggestion: blurred towers, dripping paint, a skyline distorted by anxiety.

Inspired by a night when drones and missiles lit the sky, Zakhar responds not with anger, but with a reversed palette – placing light in the heavens and dark in the earth. The result is an emotional inversion: fear falling softly like rain, darkness absorbing the impact below.

Yet Kyiv Skyline is not bound by place. The swirls and streaks can be read as storm clouds, cosmic winds, or even emotional turmoil. It’s a universal language – of unrest, of beauty amidst tension, of standing upright while the world shifts.

Materials used:

Oil

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