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Play of Touch | Ethereal Female Portrait in Muted Tones, 2026
Yuriy Khudov  

Fine Art Drawings : oil · 59 x 42 x 0.1 cm 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch

$750 750 $US
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Fine Art Drawings : Unique artwork

Condition

Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed

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Signature

Hand-signed by artist

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59 x 42 x 0.1 cm 23.2 x 16.5 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Description

A woman emerges softly from muted gray, blue, and warm flesh tones. This original oil artwork on paper captures a moment of inward reflection through loose brushwork, blurred contours, and a restrained color palette.

The figure is shown in profile, with the face, neck, shoulders, and hands gradually merging into the surrounding surface. Gray, blue-gray, beige, dusty rose, violet, and subtle turquoise tones create a gentle atmosphere of silence and emotional distance. The absence of hard edges gives the image a sense of lightness and impermanence.

The hands add a quiet feeling of touch and self-awareness, while the expressive treatment keeps the portrait open to interpretation. Rather than describing a specific story, the artwork suggests a state of contemplation, vulnerability, and inner stillness.

Its understated palette and lyrical mood make it particularly suitable for minimalist, Scandinavian, Art Nouveau-inspired, and contemporary interiors. The work will appeal to collectors looking for an elegant female portrait with emotional depth and a soft visual presence.

Colors & Shades

Warm beige, taupe, dusty rose, muted mauve, soft violet, warm gray, blue-gray, slate blue, pale turquoise, muted teal, ivory, cream, soft peach, terracotta, warm brown, charcoal, off-white.

Materials: Oil on paper.
Shipping / Display: The artwork is shipped rolled in a protective tube and will require framing after delivery.

Portrait

figurative

Women

Delicate

Psychology

Serenity

Silhouette

Sky blue

Pink

Yuriy Khudov, Play of Touch | Ethereal Female Portrait in Muted Tones

Yuriy Khudov

United States  • 1989

Presentation

Yuriy Khudov is a contemporary artist. Trained in furniture design and artistic woodcarving, he spent 13 years in the film industry as an art director, concept artist, and 3D modeler before shifting his focus toward figurative painting and drawing. His background also includes visual merchandising and work on the creation and restoration of wooden crosses on the Solovetsky Islands.

Yuriy's practice marks a deliberate move away from digital precision toward ambiguity, physical texture, and expressive gesture. Working across oil painting, drawing, and mixed media, he explores psychological states that exist between clarity and dissolution. Female figures often emerge from darkness or appear suspended between dream, memory, and physical presence. Rather than using color and light to describe reality, Yuriy employs them to create emotional tension and stillness. Unfinished forms, visible brushwork, and disrupted surfaces allow the image to remain open, shifting between recognition and abstraction.

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