Perceived Reality (2025)Oil painting by Zakhar Shevchuk

Zakhar Shevchuk’s Perceived Reality is a philosophical visual puzzle wrapped in minimalist elegance. Composed of a bisected canvas – soft sky blue above and pale horizontal lines below – the image initially reads as a color field or modernist study. But look closer, and you’ll notice the gestures of small swimmers cutting through water, with splashes suspended in time.

The tension in this work lies in the viewer’s perception. The artist invites us to imagine removing these tiny figures – at which point, nothing of the “swimming pool” remains. We return to pure form. But with them, the composition acquires narrative, emotion, and recognisable space.

This 70x60 cm oil on canvas encapsulates Shevchuk’s ongoing exploration of perception, minimalism, and symbolic disruption. It’s a subtle but powerful statement on how meaning is born not from form, but from what we choose to see.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 60 x 70 x 2cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed certificate of authenticity
• Style: Naive
• Subject: People and portraits

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