The Garden of Consciousness (2025)Oil painting
by Anna Shabalova

I have been preparing for a very long time to present you this unusual, even for me, painting, on which I have been working for several months. Yes, many of my surrealist works are characterized by an unexpected combination of images, and at first glance, no logical connection between their elements. But, as I often say: look closely! And you will be able to see the mystery and the unknown in this picture, which will cause irresistible curiosity and desire to solve its mystery.
Look into these beautiful eyes: the color of the spring sky, or green grass, the color of chocolate or fragrant honey, filled with inner wisdom and caution. Who is looking at you?
Perhaps it is the mysterious dryads, seductive forest nymphs, watching you, hiding among the petals of beautiful fragrant flowers, whose delicate and intoxicating scent has already attracted hardworking bees.
Or maybe these eyes reflect the inner world of a person looking at himself. As if this painting is also a magic mirror, looking into which your emotions and subconscious desires bloom like flowers. So tender and yet strong, like nature itself, like life itself, with its mystical metaphorical connections between the external visible and the internal subconscious.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 70 x 2cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: People and portraits

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