Original artwork description:

Changes in the society where the hero of the picture lives are reflected in an abstract background of red, golden, ocher, turquoise, blue, earthy colors. The circle is filled with spots that resemble the spiral of a snail, a vortex of inner experiences and emotions. The silhouette of the hero is red, blurred, which indicates movement, and the leg continues with a thin shadow. The line from the foot disappears into the outside world behind a bubble in the form of a spot. This is a metaphor for fighting the shadow, one's own demons.

Instead of being aware of the changes, the individual in the circle resists. Attacks by defending beliefs that no longer serve him. Collecting all 6 pictures together, you will see how the hero moves clockwise. A circle within a circle, so to speak. The intensity of the hero's attacks, as a reaction to changes, is reduced by the loss of energy from the senselessness of actions. This can be seen in the different convexity of the bubble towards the end of the rotation, less noticeable resistance. In these paintings, I think about deep existential questions and the forms of their expression. I see the suffering and pain of the hero as a choice and his rejection of prosperity and happiness. As long as this choice is not changed, the hero's attack on reality will continue.

Through the "Attack" series of works, the owners of the house boldly broadcast their individuality, love for psychology, knowledge of the workings of the brain and philosophical questions. Such pictures encourage dialogues with friends and relatives, intellectual discussions about their meaning. Even after a long joint stay, my collectors say that they find new meanings in the paintings, which prompt them to reflect.
The image of the circle is multifaceted in the project "Solomon's Paradox", part of this project is the series of paintings "Attack". The bubble is a metaphor for one person's worldview, limited by belief, experience, and heredity. Gray-blue spots spiraling in a circle indicate excitement, clouding of the mind from emotions. Outside the imagination of the hero, the world is happening, there is life that provokes changes, but the hero cannot accept the context in which he lives.
"Solomon's Paradox" is the general name of one story in three acts - a cycle of 18 paintings. The series of works included in the cycle are called "Escape", "Attack", "Stupor". The paintings tell the story of the brain's automatic reactions in extreme fight-run-freeze situations that have permeated everyday life. My condition at the beginning of the war inspired me to explore and express this theme in art. The influence of automatic responses to everyday things grew day by day. This is my way of turning the everyday threat of missile fire into a field of study. I wanted to change my life based on the automaticity that was activated in the brain due to background anxiety. The paintings from the "Solomon's Paradox" project were created in the process of psychoanalysis and are intended to remind that every person, regardless of external circumstances, is the creator of his own path. We always have a choice.
If you would like to purchase all 6 paintings from the Attack series together, please send me a message. I will make an exclusive discount - 5%.

Signature, certificate of authenticity included without frame

The artwork is made on 100% cotton Arches, France archival quality 300gsm watercolor paper using the world's finest watercolor paints.

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Materials used:

Watercolor on paper

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