Sweet Illusion (2026) Original Oil Painting by Anna Shabalova

Sometimes it feels as though we are living in a fishbowl—a world as transparent, sweet, and confining as a gelatin dessert. We become accustomed to being the ornaments of our own perfect forms, suspended in anticipation like fish in thick jelly.
​This sugary aquarium isn’t just the world around us; it’s our own thoughts, frozen in familiar shapes. We trade the storms of reality for a predictable "cherry on top," but is this aesthetic stability worth the inability to breathe deeply?

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 40 x 50 x 2cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Still life