Sahara Series

Sahara Series was born after my first-and so far only-journey to Sahara in 2021. At that time, life felt calm and full of joy, with the freedom of travel-just months before everything changed with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The desert has always fascinated me. Loving the sea, I found in the desert a similar rhythm of waves, but sculpted in sand. I will never forget its colors, nor the feeling of that sand-the finest in the world, soft as powder, caressing the skin.

One morning, with a group of tourists, I watched the sunrise in the desert. The vast lines, shifting tones, the full spectrum of colors, and the endless space touched me so deeply that, back in Kyiv, I withdrew to my studio for months, searching for colors and forms to translate that beauty into my artistic language.

The series reflects the phases of sunrise: the deep blues still holding traces of night; the first warm rays tinged with rose; and finally, the glowing light of orange and beige.

Unforgettable impressions, unforgettable memories-forever living in these works.

At the beginning of the full-scale invasion I evacuated all my paintings and brought them to Zurich.

Before sunrise in Sahara. 2021. Acrylic, oil pastel, canvas. 105*95cm

Before sunrise in Sahara. 2021. Acrylic, oil pastel, canvas. 100*100cm

Sunrise in Sahara.2021. Acrylic, oil pastel, canvas. 105*100cm.