Pressure (2025)Oil painting by Anastasia Borodina

Pressure explores the psychological weight of expectation and self-awareness. Set against a dark, undefined space, the figure is framed by a silver ornamental pattern that suggests both protection and constraint. The decorative motif functions as a symbolic structure — a cultural framework within which identity begins to form. Through restrained realism and controlled light, the work reflects on childhood as a moment when inner strength and external pressure coexist in quiet tension.

Ornament executed in silver leaf.
Framed in a black wooden frame (36.2 × 28.2 × 2.8 cm), with black mount and red wooden fillet, under museum-quality anti-reflective glass.

Materials used:

oil on pressed cardboard and silver leaf

Details:

• Oil painting on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 27.94 x 36.32 x 2.79cm (framed) / 13.97 x 21.08cm (actual image size)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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