Old church (2024) 绘画 由 Yuliya Gündoğan (ostbiju_art)

This painting is a fascinating exploration of architecture, rendered through an expressionist brushwork. The artist boldly uses a palette of turquoise blues and golden yellows, which bring a sense of light and mystery to the image. The brushstrokes are thick and energetic, and the buildings seem to come alive, pulsating with movement and emotion.

The complex composition is built on an interweaving of arches, domes and columns that overlap each other, creating a sense of urban bustle and layering. The emphasis on texture allows the viewer to feel the materiality of the architecture depicted, and the red brushstrokes at the bottom of the canvas add drama and tension, perhaps symbolizing the earth or hidden energy of the space.

Light plays a key role: the golden spots decorating the tops of the buildings hint at a magical hour of the day - either dawn or dusk. This gives the image a spiritual aura, as if we are looking at a fantastical city that exists outside of time and space.

The painting evokes Byzantine architecture with its domes and arches, but at the same time its stylistic freedom transports us to a dream world where architecture is merely a projection of the artist’s emotions. It seems to invite the viewer not only to see but also to feel the space.