On the Edge of Shadow

“On the Edge of Shadow”40x50 cm 2025, figure in the painting seems to emerge from the depths of darkness—like a person standing on the border between light and shadow. Bright, jagged strokes of red and turquoise resemble flashes of inner strength piercing through the darkness. The face, painted fragmentarily and dramatically, emphasizes the feeling of a moment in which emotion is stronger than form.
Each stroke seems to carry tension: somewhere it is a flame, somewhere — a cold glimmer of light. The painting is based on the contrast between the fragility of the human image and the turbulent energy of colorful movement. It is a moment when a person stands at a point of change, on the very edge of the shadow, and takes a step — either inward or toward