The best friend (2022) Original Acrylic Painting by Olga Bezverkhaya

This painting belongs to a series reflecting on the fragmented nature of memory and perception. Drawing from personal photo archives, the image refers not to a specific event, but to the emotional residue of past moments — blurred, partial, and unstable.

The figure, only barely present, appears like a visual echo — familiar, yet undefined. The composition focuses on what remains on the periphery of attention, what is sensed rather than clearly seen. It is not a portrait in the traditional sense, but a representation of how closeness and loss can coexist in the same visual space.

Part of an ongoing exploration into how we remember and misremember, how we reconstruct presence from traces.

The painting presents a delicate, dreamlike scene featuring a child and a teddy bear, rendered in a soft, pastel palette. I used light, airy brushstrokes and a gentle blending of colors to create an ethereal, almost otherworldly atmosphere. The child, barely distinguishable through the misty layers, is depicted holding a yellow object, while the teddy bear seems to float in the dreamy landscape, adding a whimsical touch to the composition.


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Materials used:

Acrylic

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 80 x 80 x 2cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits