The view from the balcony (2022) Original Oil Painting by Alexander Mikhaylov

The painting captures the fleeting magic of the last moments before sunset. Soft pink and golden tones glow at the horizon, while heavy dark-blue clouds descend, pressing the scene into near-night. In the foreground, silhouetted tree branches and leaves frame a single bright opening of light — the entrance to a grocery store parking lot. The details beyond are obscured, left to the imagination: perhaps a road, a car hurrying home before darkness fully arrives.

The perspective feels deeply personal, as if viewed from a balcony. It draws the viewer in: are you stepping outside to breathe in the cool evening air, lost in thought with a cigarette, or simply mesmerized by the drama of the sky — the battle between light and shadow, day and night, calm and storm?

This painting is more than an image; it’s an atmosphere — a moment of pause, reflection, and raw beauty in the everyday.

Materials used:

Oil

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 60 x 80 x 2cm (unframed) / 60 x 80cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the back
• Style: Urban and Pop
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky