Berehynia Painting

I am an artist from Ukraine, born in the small and mystical town of Drohobych — a place where fog, silence, and old trees shape the imagination from childhood. My work unfolds in the style I call dark nature — a visual language rooted in the wild, the mysterious, and the unseen. It explores the raw beauty of nature’s darker side: the whisper of wind through ancient branches, the crackle of fire, the sudden flash of lightning, the stillness of fog, and the haunting songs of birds. These are the forces that speak through each piece I create. This darkness is not something to fear — it exists within all of us. We are not separate from nature; we are made of it. Dark nature is a reflection of the untamed landscape inside the human soul — shadowy, sacred, and alive. I have never studied art formally — I have simply lived it. Drawing has been with me since the earliest moments of memory, not as a discipline but as something instinctive, something I burn for. My hands know this language as naturally as breathing. This art is not meant to decorate, but to immerse. It invites the viewer into a parallel world — one that exists within nature’s shadows, and within ourselves. There is beauty in darkness, depth in silence, and something eternal in the unknown