Yaseneva Sveta - PEARLESCENT FLESH

I live and work in Slovakia. The artwork will be carefully packed and shipped within the European Union with an estimated delivery time of 7–10 days.

In this work, I explore the human body as a source of light, color, and painterly substance. I am drawn to the contrast between dark hair and almost porcelain, pearlescent skin — skin that seems to glow from within, reflecting light like satin or pearl.

I deliberately use dense textures and thick, tactile brushwork so that the figure feels volumetric and sculptural rather than flat. It is important for me that the viewer senses the physicality of the paint — its weight, its layers, the vibration of color, and the depth of space.

Soft flesh tones are set against a darker, cooler, and more complex background. This contrast creates tension and intensifies the inner radiance of the figure. The body becomes the center of the composition, transforming into both a human presence and an autonomous artistic form — light, color, and volume at once.

With this painting, I seek to balance vulnerability and strength, intimacy and gravity. Pearlescent Flesh is not simply a figurative scene, but a reflection on the beauty of human matter and the expressive power of painting itself.