"Before the Flight" Painting
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
39.4 W x 11.8 H in
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“Before the Flight” captures a suspended moment between stillness and movement. Dark birds gather along a branch against a distant range of blue and violet mountains, while the sky glows in intense bands of orange and yellow. Most of the birds remain motionless, yet one opens its wings, introducing ...
Year Created:
2025
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Mediums:
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Rarity:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
39.4 W x 11.8 H x 0.8 D in
Ready to Hang:
No
Frame:
Not Framed
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Certificate is Included
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About the Artist
Hanna Afanasieva
I paint what makes me stop and look twice.
It can be the movement of fish beneath the surface of water, the silhouette of a tree, a road disappearing into the landscape, or a quiet place that most people would simply pass by. I am interested in the moment when something ordinary suddenly reveals its character.
I was trained in classical painting, but I do not want technique to become the subject of my work. For me, technique is a language. What matters is what remains after the first impression: a mood, a memory, a feeling of movement or stillness.
Nature has always been central to my work. I do not see it as a background for human life, but as something with its own presence and rhythm. Water can become a space where different lives and directions meet. A tree can feel almost like a portrait. A landscape can hold a memory without showing a single person.
After moving from Ukraine to Switzerland, my visual world changed. Mountains, lakes, unfamiliar light and new landscapes entered my paintings, while the sensitivity shaped by the places I came from remained.
I paint intuitively. I can begin with something I have seen, but I allow the painting to change while I work. I am not looking for a perfect copy of reality. I am looking for the point where a real place or image becomes something personal.
I want my paintings to work in the same way: first you see them — and then, perhaps, you stop and look again.
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