What If? (2025) Painting by Zakhar Shevchuk

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Acrylic / Spray paint on Canvas

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One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 39.4in, Width 35.4in
Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Paintings under $5,000 Expressionism Bird

Zakhar Shevchuk’s “What If?” is a visually bold and thematically rich painting that captures a spirit of rebellion, imagination, and ambition. The acrylic-on-canvas work, sized at 100x90 cm, features a curious hybrid form – part bird, part human – caught mid-gesture, like an actor frozen at the edge of flight. Around it, swaths of electric blue, cadmium red, golden yellow, and deep black evoke a psychological space where creativity and absurdity meet.

The artwork is humorous yet deeply serious in its underlying message. It embodies the moment before a leap, before a decision is made to try the impossible. In that space, Shevchuk asks: who are we to judge the value of a strange idea before it’s tested? The figure may look strange or even laughable, but it carries the courage of anyone who has ever tried something new, uncertain, and bold.

This work is rooted in emotion rather than representation. It carries echoes of childhood dreams, performance, failure, and ambition. It will appeal to collectors who enjoy emotionally charged narratives and expressionist technique with conceptual depth. Perfect as a statement piece or a reflection on personal transformation.

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Zakhar Shevchuk

Ukraine

Zakhar Shevchuk is a young professional painter and draftsman, he holds a master in arts degree from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture (Kyiv, Ukraine) and now himself teaches at the academy. His artworks are held in public and private collections worldwide, furthermore, he often participates in various public projects, such as painting murals and other monumental installations.

With years Zakhar's artistic style moved away from academic realism (which always tended closer to expressionism) and towards the style that in somewhere on the edge between figurative art and abstraction. In many of his works, even those that may seem as fully abstract ones, you will find some elements that were intentionally added, aiming to trick your brain into believing that you have finally found something recognisable, something that matches the reality, but then you suddenly loose it, starting the search over and over again.