Textured painting “The First Steps into A New Life” in a room

In a room

The First Steps into A New Life

  • Canvas, 120 × 100 cm
  • Mixed media, gloss in places

RUB 80,000≈ $920 · €800

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Four small children on a shore. “The First Steps into a New Life”, 120 × 100 cm, gloss in places over mixed media.

The first stands right on the line of the water and does not go in. Sizing it up.

The second is tearing ahead without looking back. Doubt has not been issued to him yet.

The third has bent down to study what is under his feet. He needs to understand the road first.

The fourth has lifted his head. Waiting for a sign.

Which one are you? All four in turn, most likely. A person swings between fear, curiosity, spontaneity and faith, sometimes in a day.

There is a saying I repeat about this one. Be like children, and do not be children.

The sea here is a pause between what was and what comes. The sky is stretched wide, gold breaking through it.

Renewal starts with a quiet decision a person makes alone, tells nobody about, and remembers for life as the one date of that year that mattered.

This is a painting for a nursery.

“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 2

Surface

“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 3

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“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface texture
“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 4
“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 5
“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 6
“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 7
“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 8
“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 9
“The First Steps into A New Life” — surface detail, frame 10

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“Taste of flow” — surface detail, frame 2

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