The Red Stone of Silence (2025) Original Oil Painting by Lilith Gurekhian

In this painting, I tried to capture the state of a creator sitting before music that has not yet been born. The figure seems to wrestle with her own thoughts, memories, and an inner silence that refuses to become sound. She sits at the piano, yet the notes feel trapped inside her fingers rather than waiting on the keys.

The ring with a red stone is the only visible spark — a small light holding the memory of a forgotten sound.

In this silence, the piano turns into a mirror rather than an instrument, reflecting the artist’s state of being instead of music.
She is both weary and strong — her solitude is not emptiness but creative charge.
The black suit holds restraint, while the soft tone of her face becomes a fragment of light.

In this quiet tension, art is born — not from sound, but from waiting.

Materials used:

oil on canvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 80 x 100 x 2cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: People and portraits