- Alena Panchishin
- All Artworks
- “Unsaid”
Original artwork description
This small painting focuses on a fleeting moment: a splash of water caught between movement and disappearance. Transparent layers of oil paint build the sensation of light passing through water, revealing depth rather than surface decoration. The splash is not dramatic or aggressive; it is quiet, almost weightless, existing for a fraction of a second before dissolving back into stillness.
The work explores the tension between form and impermanence. Water here is not a symbol but a physical presence — fluid, unstable, impossible to fix. Soft transitions of tone and controlled highlights create the illusion of transparency, while subtle texture reminds the viewer that this moment is constructed from paint, not reality.
Despite its small scale, the painting invites close observation. It rewards slow looking, where reflections, air, and movement gradually emerge. This piece is part of an ongoing exploration of water as a living, shifting substance — calm, honest, and indifferent to human emotion.
Materials used:
Oil paints
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 18 x 24 x 3cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#water#serene#calm#tranquil#surface#splash#depth#underwater#transparent
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Original artwork description
This small painting focuses on a fleeting moment: a splash of water caught between movement and disappearance. Transparent layers of oil paint build the sensation of light passing through water, revealing depth rather than surface decoration. The splash is not dramatic or aggressive; it is quiet, almost weightless, existing for a fraction of a second before dissolving back into stillness.
The work explores the tension between form and impermanence. Water here is not a symbol but a physical presence — fluid, unstable, impossible to fix. Soft transitions of tone and controlled highlights create the illusion of transparency, while subtle texture reminds the viewer that this moment is constructed from paint, not reality.
Despite its small scale, the painting invites close observation. It rewards slow looking, where reflections, air, and movement gradually emerge. This piece is part of an ongoing exploration of water as a living, shifting substance — calm, honest, and indifferent to human emotion.
Materials used:
Oil paints
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 18 x 24 x 3cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#water#serene#calm#tranquil#surface#splash#depth#underwater#transparent