by tatiana bondareva
oil and metal leaf on cradled wood
h: 40 w: 60 d: 2 (cms).
Light and Shadow - diptych, oil and metal leaf on wood.
Beside duality, and light and shadow, the concept of this painting is visually describing both: dark times when we need to activate our inner idealist - Neptune - and lean on spirituality and bypass all the negative feelings in order to pull through the hardship; and times when things are quite good and it's finally safe for all the stuffed emotions to come up to the surface in order to be acknowledged and integrated - Pluto. In a way it's descriptive of the virus situation right now, where most of us can observe the fear and panic, and all the dark that's been sitting inside humanity for a while, all in a relatively safe place, with food, heat, wi-fi and comfort.