Papess (2024) Original Oil Painting by Igor Konovalov
31.5 x 23.62 x 0.79cm (unframed) / 31.5 x 23.62cm (actual image size)
£2,407
Original artwork description
№Kon 107
Papess is a surreal oil on canvas composition that captures an intimate interior scene illuminated by warm light. A figure sits at a table speaking on a telephone while looking toward a television screen where a woman appears. Around the space float toy rabbits and butterflies, creating a dreamlike atmosphere that blends everyday reality with symbolic imagery. Bottles, jars, and small objects on the table add details of ordinary life within the quiet room.
The idea behind Papess explores the connection between human presence, communication, and imagination. The telephone and television create a visual dialogue between two figures, suggesting distance and connection at the same time. The floating rabbits and butterflies introduce a symbolic layer that contrasts with the realistic interior, hinting at memory, fantasy, and the subconscious world surrounding daily moments.
This artwork was created using oil on canvas with careful attention to light, color, and atmosphere. The warm illumination focuses on the figure, the table, and the television, while darker tones shape the surrounding interior space. Detailed elements such as bottles, jars, and objects enrich the composition and create a narrative scene filled with quiet tension and mysterious symbolism.
Materials used:
oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 31.5 x 23.62 x 0.79cm (unframed) / 31.5 x 23.62cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#oil painting#figurative#pop art#people#surrealism#contemporary art#social commentary#symbolism#grotesque#original artwork#irony#genre scene#neorealism
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Original artwork description
№Kon 107
Papess is a surreal oil on canvas composition that captures an intimate interior scene illuminated by warm light. A figure sits at a table speaking on a telephone while looking toward a television screen where a woman appears. Around the space float toy rabbits and butterflies, creating a dreamlike atmosphere that blends everyday reality with symbolic imagery. Bottles, jars, and small objects on the table add details of ordinary life within the quiet room.
The idea behind Papess explores the connection between human presence, communication, and imagination. The telephone and television create a visual dialogue between two figures, suggesting distance and connection at the same time. The floating rabbits and butterflies introduce a symbolic layer that contrasts with the realistic interior, hinting at memory, fantasy, and the subconscious world surrounding daily moments.
This artwork was created using oil on canvas with careful attention to light, color, and atmosphere. The warm illumination focuses on the figure, the table, and the television, while darker tones shape the surrounding interior space. Detailed elements such as bottles, jars, and objects enrich the composition and create a narrative scene filled with quiet tension and mysterious symbolism.
Materials used:
oil
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 31.5 x 23.62 x 0.79cm (unframed) / 31.5 x 23.62cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Urban and Pop
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#oil painting#figurative#pop art#people#surrealism#contemporary art#social commentary#symbolism#grotesque#original artwork#irony#genre scene#neorealism
Igor Konovalov
United Kingdom
About
He was born in 1965 in the city of Novy Bug.
1983—1987 — Dnipropetrovsk State Art School.
1987—1993 — Kyiv State Art Institute.
Since 1993, co-founder of the art commune... Read more