- Bohdan Katolyk
- All Artworks
- Portrait of a girl on pink
Original artwork description
This piece, for me, is about silence — not the kind that weighs heavy, but the kind that holds shape. I worked on it slowly, returning again and again to the gesture — the hand that seems to simply rest, yet somehow speaks.
The figure of the woman isn’t really a portrait. It’s more of a state — internal, elusive. Her presence is there, but not fully revealed. I wasn’t aiming for clarity, but rather for atmosphere.
The background came almost by accident. I started with something more neutral, but eventually was drawn to this faded pink — like the peeling walls of old seaside houses. It reminds me of how sun and salt wear things down over time. These cracks and marks became part of the work — like maps, or memory showing through the surface. I wanted the background to feel alive, like a sea sky, never truly still.
Materials used:
oil paint
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 52 x 72 x 3cm (framed)
- This artwork is sold framed
- Signed on the back
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#figurative#girl#portrait#woman#pink#female#femaleform
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Original artwork description
This piece, for me, is about silence — not the kind that weighs heavy, but the kind that holds shape. I worked on it slowly, returning again and again to the gesture — the hand that seems to simply rest, yet somehow speaks.
The figure of the woman isn’t really a portrait. It’s more of a state — internal, elusive. Her presence is there, but not fully revealed. I wasn’t aiming for clarity, but rather for atmosphere.
The background came almost by accident. I started with something more neutral, but eventually was drawn to this faded pink — like the peeling walls of old seaside houses. It reminds me of how sun and salt wear things down over time. These cracks and marks became part of the work — like maps, or memory showing through the surface. I wanted the background to feel alive, like a sea sky, never truly still.
Materials used:
oil paint
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 52 x 72 x 3cm (framed)
- This artwork is sold framed
- Signed on the back
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#figurative#girl#portrait#woman#pink#female#femaleform
Bohdan Katolyk
Ukraine
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