The painting "Self-Deception"

From the cycle "Immersed"
Oil on canvas, size 80х60 cm, 2023

The heroine of the painting is going through a difficult relationship with a loved one. Her two childrens ponytails and a bow emphasize the helplessness, the spiritual immaturity, the inability to objectively assess the situation. The artist intentionally used white tones when painting hands and figures. This dead cold that has bound the girl is a petrified emptiness in her soul.

Her face is in warm colors, alive, and in a desperate gesture she closes herself from this icy indifference, throws up her hand – still also warm and alive - with a tiny hope in her fingers – a daisy flower. Be loved or not? She grabs the last petal, which carries the answer, but the daisy will not tell her. Only your own heart knows the truth, which is so difficult to accept. No! It cant be so! He loves me!" She is looking for excuses for someone who causes pain. She is powerless to admit the truth and continues to live in self-deception, not hearing the voice of her heart, not noticing that the numbing cold is rising higher and is about to cover her head.