Ionut Hazu - What A Felling

"What a felling" oil and acrylic on canvas 100x80 cm

What a Feeling is a contemporary figurative painting centered on the instability of expression and the physical presence of paint. The portrait is constructed through thick, layered applications of color that partially obscure the face, turning emotion into material rather than depiction. The features emerge unevenly from the surface, as if caught mid-formation, resisting clarity.

One eye remains sharply defined and watchful, anchoring the composition, while the rest of the face dissolves into overlapping tones of white, yellow, pink, black, and muted violet. These colors collide and blend without smoothing, preserving the immediacy of the gesture. The face reads less as a likeness and more as a site of pressure, where sensation overrides structure.

The background is a saturated pink gradient, flat and controlled, which heightens the contrast with the restless surface of the figure. This calm field isolates the head, intensifying the psychological focus. The garment is rendered with clean outlines and flowing linear patterns, introducing order and rhythm. Its graphic treatment stands in deliberate opposition to the raw, tactile handling of the flesh.

The tension between precision and disruption defines the work. What a Feeling suggests an emotional state that cannot be named or stabilized, one that remains unresolved, held between awareness and distortion.

The work comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Ionut Hazu born in Bacau Romania is a self-taught painter. As a small child, he was attracted to visual arts and without a mentor to guide them, he took the brushes himself and started painting. Now with works of art that are in all corners of the world he continues his dream.