Original artwork description:

In this painting, the medieval pictorial tradition collides with modern surrealism. The central figure is a young woman, rendered in the style of the Flemish masters: her face breathes tranquility, as if descended from a church fresco. But her crown is not a halo, but playful devil's horns, and instead of traditional garments, she wears an impossible skirt made of concrete blocks with blue diamond-shaped inserts, like an architectural project escaped from the drawings of a madman.

Three dogs with childishly drawn wings—a parody of angelic forces—leap upon her in joyful chaos. Their wings, deliberately clumsy as if drawn on asphalt with chalk, create a stark contrast with the meticulously rendered texture of the heroine. Who is she—holy innocence or an accomplice to chaos?

It is rare to meet a person who is purely evil or purely good. To some, we are the best, while others wish they could unsee us forever.
We are all both saints and sinners, feeding our inner demons. Here, the divine and the earthly, the eternal and the momentary are intertwined—just as they are in every one of us.

Series: "Leonardo's Fables"

Selected Exhibitions:
2025 SberUniversity, Moscow, Russia
2024 “A Word About the Russian Heart” Festival, Beijing, China
2024 ArtExpo New York 2024, New York, USA
2024 La Pigna Gallery, Rome, Italy
2024 ArtPlay Moscow, Kvartiras Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2024 Pavlodar City Museum, Kazakhstan
2023 Shanghai International Art Fair (SIAF), Shanghai, China
2023 «Zdes na Taganke» Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2022 ArtDom, Winzavod, Moscow, Russia
2021 Kibart, Moscow, Russia
2021 International Exhibition Competition Of Futuristic Art, Moscow, Russia
2021 Artplay, Moscow, Russia
2021 Finalist, Russian Art Awards, Moscow House Of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2021 International Exhibition “SCOLKOVO Plaza ArtShow”, Moscow, Russia
2021 Art Cosmos, Evraziya Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2021 Online Exhibition & Competition «Sbornaya Solianka», Alipova Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Collections:
2023 Lucy Chebotina Charity Auction, Private Collection, Moscow, Russia

Publications:
Art MUSE Magazine, "Art Survey" column, Russia

Materials used:

oil, canvas

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