Oil painting Underwater touch Oleg Kateryniuk

№Kat 58

The Oil painting Canvas titled "Underwater touch" is a hauntingly beautiful and deeply introspective work that explores the fragile boundary between life, dream, and subconscious experience. The composition immediately immerses the viewer in a world of fluid motion and weightless suspension, where the subject—a young woman with porcelain-like skin and closed eyes—appears submerged in a vast aquatic expanse. The cool, enveloping tones of blue dominate the canvas, creating an atmosphere that is both serene and unsettling, as if time itself has slowed down beneath the surface. The central figure, rendered with delicate brushstrokes and an ethereal softness, seems to hover between sleep and surrender. Her dark hair floats around her head like a halo dissolving into the water, while her pale hands reach forward in a tentative gesture, embodying both vulnerability and quiet strength. One hand is raised as if in a defensive motion, while the other stretches gently toward a drifting bubble. This bubble, fragile and translucent, becomes the focal point of her connection to the underwater world—a symbol of breath, life, or perhaps a fleeting dream. The act of reaching for it conveys a longing for contact, for meaning, or for the fragile essence of existence itself. The contrast between the softness of the woman’s skin and the vast, cold indigo depths that surround her intensifies the sense of isolation and introspection. Her face, half-shadowed, carries an expression of peace intertwined with melancholy, suggesting she is either surrendering to the embrace of the deep or finding solace in the weightless silence of the water. The closed eyes evoke a sense of inner retreat, as though she has chosen to seek a world within, detached from the noise of reality above. The painting’s use of blue is particularly striking. Layer upon layer of cool hues, ranging from deep ultramarine to lighter, almost turquoise tones, create a sense of infinite depth and expansiveness. Within these layers, subtle streaks of white and hints of green capture the shifting play of light underwater, lending the entire piece a sense of motion despite its overall stillness. The brushwork is fluid yet deliberate, reinforcing the sensation of immersion and the elusive nature of the moment being captured.

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Underwater touch"
* ARTISTS: Oleg Kateryniuk
* SIZE: 60x80 cm/'23.62x31.49 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, canvas
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product

About the artist: Oleg Kateryniuk was born in 1969 in Ukraine.. has made a successful career as a graphic designer.. But, over the years we become more sensitive to people, to nature, to the environment, to everything around us. So something happened, noticed, interested you and sits in you, with its emotions, feelings, its truth and philosophy.. no-no, it does not bother you, just sometimes, as if talking to you, tells your story, pulls your strings souls, and are forced to flee in search of something new, still unnoticed, and very, as it seems at this time, so necessary.. and not only you.. And in such moments you take a pencil, brushes and everything at hand.. and you draw.. being left alone with canvas or paper and your thoughts..