Not Alone, 2026
Oil on Canvas
43.25 x 25.5

Oil on Canvas

Ukrainian-born painter Andrii Kateryniuk is known for luminous landscapes and quietly expressive figurative works. Classically trained in Ukraine and now based in Florence, Italy, his paintings are deeply influenced by 19th-century traditions, particularly in their sensitivity to the emotional nuances of light. Kateryniuk’s work often explores how realism can hold more than description.

In Not Alone, Andrii Kateryniuk uses natural light not simply to describe a figure, but to alter the emotional structure of the scene. Shadows cast by branches and by unseen human presence become as important as the figure herself, extending the image beyond what is physically depicted. What begins as direct observation gradually shifts into something less fixed: a moment in which perception carries emotional weight before it resolves into narrative.

Rather than relying on overt expression, the painting locates its psychological tension in spatial relationships, surface, and light. The wall becomes an active field, holding traces of presence that are both concrete and elusive. In this way, shadow functions not as background effect, but as a form of visual memory – something registered, felt, and only partly understood.

43.25 x 25.5