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Inner being,
2025
Natalya Mougenot
Painting : acrylic
59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€450
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Secure delivery : France
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About the artwork
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Unique artwork
Signature
Hand-signed by artist
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Dimensions cm • inch
59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Framing
Not framed
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Artwork location: France
“Inner Being" is a contemporary portrait by French artist Natalya Mougenot, part of her ongoing exploration of the human presence beyond appearance — a direction closely connected to her long-term work on women, identity, and inner truth, yet here intentionally moving beyond gender, social roles, and fixed definitions.
In this deeply introspective work, the face emerges frontally, calm and silent, suspended in a timeless space. The features are simplified and partially abstracted, allowing the portrait to exist as a presence rather than a likeness. The eyes do not look outward; they seem turned inward. What Mougenot offers is not a depiction of a person, but an image of being — a quiet encounter with the inner self.
The title Inner Being reflects the core intention of the painting. The work explores the essence of a human being beyond identity, beyond labels, beyond the roles we inhabit in daily life. It speaks of the inner landscape we all carry, shaped by emotions, memories, doubts, and inner tensions. As Natalya Mougenot explains:
“What interests me is not who we appear to be, but what we carry inside."
Rather than offering answers or narratives, the painting opens a space for contemplation. The absence of detail and the neutrality of expression invite the viewer to project their own inner experience onto the image. This openness is deliberate.
“I don't want to impose meaning," the artist states. “I want each person to recognize something of themselves."
Natalya Mougenot's intuitive and spontaneous approach is clearly visible in the brushwork. She paints without preparatory sketches, working in one continuous session, allowing emotion and inner movement to guide the composition.
“I paint in one setting. The canvas keeps the trace of a precise inner state — it cannot be reconstructed later."
Color plays a subtle but essential role in conveying psychological depth. Warm ochres and earthy tones create a sense of grounding and presence, while cooler whites, greys, and bluish strokes introduce tension, silence, and reflection. The visible brushstrokes remain raw and honest, reinforcing the painting's emotional sincerity.
“Color is not decoration," Mougenot affirms. “It is energy, emotion, and vibration."
Authenticity and honesty remain central to her artistic philosophy. She believes the canvas inevitably reflects the inner life of the artist:
“A canvas always reflects the personality of the artist. You cannot hide behind technique."
And she adds: “People always feel if what they see is true or not."
Beyond aesthetics, Mougenot sees art as a form of inner resonance and transmission.
“People live with art. They hang it in their homes. What matters to me is that my paintings create a space for calm, reflection, and positive energy."
Inner Being embodies this intention, offering a silent presence that invites introspection rather than explanation.
Rooted in a metamodernist sensibility, the painting balances sincerity and reflection, emotional depth and contemporary awareness. Inner Being does not seek to define identity, but to dissolve it — offering viewers a mirror into their own inner world.
For collectors, this work is a contemplative and timeless piece — a quiet companion that encourages pause, self-awareness, and connection to what lies beneath the surface of everyday life.
Details:
Medium: Acrylic paint on heavyweight professional acid-free paper
Finish: Varnished with a special gloss protective coating
Signature: Signed on the front and on the back
Shipping: International delivery from France, shipped carefully flat to ensure optimal protection
Framing: Sold unframed. The images showing the artwork framed in an interior are for inspirational purposes only. Thanks to its standard size, the artwork can be easily framed to suit the collector's taste and interior style
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Natalya is a contemporary french artist living in Lyon.
She was born and grew up in Kazakhstan, the country known for its spacious steppes.
She arrived in France 2003. Since that moment she loves her adoptive country.
She started painting in 2017 and used it as a therapeutic and emotional release during times of crisis. She incorporates this therapeutic approach in her artistic creative process till now.
In her artistic practice she refers to the terms of metamodernism, which proposes to look at the world from the position of the inner adult.
As an artist and as a woman she translates the experience of her personal search for balance based on harmony between mind, soul and body. This balance, in her opinion, is the pillar for the inner adult.
Important components of her work are authenticity, soulfulness, sincerity, emotionality and honesty. She immerses the objects and the characters in the world where there is no falsity, rudeness, loneliness and indifference.
She works rapidly and is constantly sensitive to the details.
Her artistic process is a fine balance between a pre-meditation and spontantainty which helps her to create her expressive atmospheric artworks with a modern touch of impressionism by cultivating a naive art approach.
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