Shape of Water (2025) Original Watercolour by Oksana Shvachka

This watercolor is part of Oksana Shvachka’s States of Water series, exploring water as a space of movement, presence, and inner experience.

The painting captures a living, rounded wave as it rises and folds into itself, transparent water revealing layers of light beneath the surface. Soft foam traces its movement, adding a delicate contrast to the fluid emerald and blue tones.

For Oksana, water is never static. Its constantly changing forms become a way of observing movement, energy, and fleeting moments. Through transparent layers and fluid watercolor brushwork, she seeks to capture the vitality of a wave just as it forms — full of light, motion, and quiet natural power.

Materials used:

Watercolor

Details:

• Watercolour on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 76.8 x 57 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 71.9 x 52.4cm (actual image size)
• Signed certificate of authenticity
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky