Original artwork description:

" The Quiet Before the Choice" artwork from series “Light Between Days”

In this painting, Halyna Kirichenko captures a moment of stillness that precedes an important inner decision. A faceless female figure sits in a quiet domestic space, embodying a universal state of pause in which personal identity gives way to reflection. This anonymity allows the viewer to step into the scene and recognize their own experience within it.

The calm presence of the cat symbolizes intuition and inner balance, while the yellow flowers introduce a subtle sense of warmth and fragile hope. Together, these elements create a protected, intimate environment where the outside world recedes and the inner voice becomes audible.

As part of Kirichenko’s ongoing exploration of life as a sequence of inner stages and transitions, this work reflects a threshold moment — the silence in which choices are not yet made, but already taking shape.

“Light Between Days”

In her ongoing series, Halyna explores the stages of human life — moments of transformation, contemplation, and quiet revelation that shape our inner landscapes. Each work captures a fragment of this universal journey: the search for meaning, the experience of change, the delicate balance between action and reflection.

Through minimalist composition and symbolic detail, Halyna traces the rhythm of contemporary existence — where rapid change often challenges our sense of stability, and yet, within that movement, each person seeks their own center of calm. Her characters inhabit intimate spaces of thought and emotion, revealing how the ordinary moments of everyday life can become gateways to self-understanding.

This series reflects on how we navigate our choices, how we adapt and grow, and how we find beauty in the quiet intervals between life’s transitions. Halyna’s work speaks gently but profoundly about resilience, introspection, and the timeless human capacity to evolve while remaining true to oneself.

Materials used:

acrylic, canvas, brushes, palette knife, woman painting cat original art

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