Original artwork description:

As an artist, I approach the canvas with the desire to capture the duality of masculine strength and vulnerability. It's important to me not just to convey the body, but to show a state of mind that is impossible to express in words. Therefore, I build the composition around two images of the same man—external and internal.

In the foreground, I paint a head tilted back, with relaxed features. Here, I work softly, with short brushstrokes, in halftones—it's important for me to convey the breath, that barely perceptible pause before a deep, liberating inhalation.

The background figure is not just a body. It is an idea, an energy, an inner impulse. I deliberately leave it almost monochrome, slightly ghostly, so that it appears as a reflection, a hidden layer of consciousness, something a person carries within themselves but rarely reveals to the world.

I don't paint the background realistically—I create a space of feelings.
Blue is for depth, doubt, tension.
Green is for growth, renewal, inner clarity.

In general, as an artist, I strive to show the moment of inner revelation - when a person, remaining in silence, meets himself: vulnerable, strong, real.

Materials used:

oil, cardboard

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