Unraveling (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by Tatsiana Yelistratava

What happens when you decide that what has bound you for so long no longer has the power to define you? Unraveling captures the quiet moment when freedom begins—not with escape, but with the choice to release invisible emotional ties. The fragmented figure, reconstructed from broken pieces, reaches upward while her hand remains tangled in vivid cotton threads. These threads symbolize inherited fears, expectations, memories, and inner conflicts that shape us long after we stop questioning them. Within The Shape of Resilience series, the cracks do not represent destruction but transformation. They reveal that resilience is not the absence of wounds, but the courage to patiently untangle yourself and reclaim your own voice. Freedom is not a single act—it is a process, one thread at a time. Original artwork. Acrylic, collage, cotton threads, mixed media on canvas. 50 × 70 cm. Carefully packed and shipped in a protective box for safe international delivery.

Materials used:

acrylic, cotton treads

Details:

• Mixed-media painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 70 x 1.5cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits