Painting titled "Secret Treasure" by Natalie Levkovska, Original Artwork, Oil

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Secret Treasure (2022) Painting by Natalie Levkovska

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Oil on Canvas

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One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

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Dimensions Height 23.6in, Width 23.6in
Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Paintings under $1,000 Symbolism

“Secret Treasure”
The human psyche is so constructed that at the moment of greatest danger, on the brink of survival, when faced with the threat of imminent death, an inexorable desire to live rises in one in a wave and this is largely related to sexual energy. I painted this work two months after the outbreak of war in Ukraine. At that moment most of us seriously felt that mankind was on the brink of a world nuclear war. The feeling of anxiety, a kind of powerlessness in the face of an impending catastrophe was so strong that I stood at my easel with my hands shaking and cried.
And suddenly, in the midst of a stream of disturbing news from the front, someone wrote that the frogs had started their mating season. And this lively, simple news resonated with me, made me smile as it was something sweet, bright and reassuring. So, I painted two pieces at once: one with mating frogs and this one with a symbolic depiction of the ancient male phallus as the cause of all causes.
The composition of the work is extremely simple: in a small opening in a thicket of wild grapes, you can see part of the male antique sculpture, more precisely the lower part of the torso. A small blue butterfly flutters around the stone phallus as a symbol of life and transience.

Personally, I prefer to send oil paintings stretched on a frame, but over a long distance this can significantly increase the cost of shipping. Therefore, I suggest, at the request of the client, if the work allows (not all works can be removed from the stretcher and twisted), remove the canvas from the stretcher and send it rolled in a tube. This will save you a considerable amount of money. I can put parts of the stretcher in the same tube so that you can use them by giving them to the nearest salon for framing pictures. Please let me know if you are satisfied with my offer.

Natalie Levkovska

Lithuania

Natalie Levkovska is an experienced Lithuanian painter and illustrator. In 1995, she obtained a degree in stone, bone and wood processing from a master artist (Abramtsevo College of Applied Arts), and in 1999 she completed a degree in costume design (Vilnius Academy of Arts). She then became a costume designer for the cinema industry, and later a fur designer. In 2006, she decided to change her life: she moved to London to work in a design studio, and started to experiment oil painting.

She creates simple and poetic artworks, mixing surrealism and naive art. Her artistic universe is a kind of magic realism: she likes to show real life objects and try to bring out the magical pulsation of space. The plots of her creations are taken from her life: a birch glade near her house at different times of the year, the portrait of a loved one, her village in the snow...

Natalie Levkovska have organized 19 personal exhibitions, participated in a lot of paintings and drawings events, and her drawings can be found in many private collections.