Three as one, 2025
Natalya Mougenot

Painting : acrylic

59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

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Hand-signed by artist

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Invoice from the gallery


Dimensions cm inch

59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


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Abstract

Portrait

figurative

Expressionism

People

Silhouette

Yellow

Sky blue

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Artwork location: France

“Three as One" is a contemporary figurative painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, continuing her recent body of work centered on bond, connection, and human presence. Neither explicitly female nor male, the three figures represent human beings in their most essential form — reduced to silhouettes, gestures, and color, yet deeply connected through emotional proximity.

In this composition, three figures stand close to one another, their bodies subtly overlapping, forming a quiet unity. There are no faces, no individual traits to distinguish them — and this absence is deliberate. By removing identity markers, Mougenot shifts the focus toward what truly connects people: shared presence, emotional closeness, and invisible bonds. The figures seem to lean into one another, suggesting trust, support, and a sense of belonging. Together, they form a single emotional structure — three as one.

Mougenot works intuitively and spontaneously. The brushstrokes are free, direct, and uncorrected, allowing the painting to retain its original energy. Color becomes the primary language: blues, greens, and purples coexist without hierarchy, symbolizing individuality within unity. The soft, luminous background enhances the feeling of calm, safety, and openness — a space where connection can exist without tension.

For Natalya Mougenot, authenticity is central, both in art and in human relationships. She believes that genuine connection cannot be constructed or forced — it must be felt. As she often says:
“Authentic relationships are like honest paintings. You cannot fake them — they either exist, or they don't."
This philosophy is mirrored in her artistic process: no preliminary sketches, no corrections, no attempts to perfect. What appears on the canvas is accepted as true.

The theme of honesty runs deeply through her work. Mougenot considers the canvas as a mirror of the artist's inner state:
“The canvas always reflects who you are at that moment. Your fears, your openness, your truth — everything is visible."
In Three as One, this honesty manifests through simplicity. The figures are imperfect, almost childlike, yet emotionally precise.

This approach aligns closely with metamodernism, a movement that embraces sincerity after irony and openness after cynicism. Natalya Mougenot often refers to the idea of the “inner child" — not as immaturity, but as a state of openness, trust, and emotional truth.
“The inner child is not naive in a weak sense," she explains. “It is brave. It dares to feel without protection."

Her work consciously rejects cynicism, false complexity, and the fear of imperfection. Instead, it calls for emotional maturity — the courage to remain open, to connect honestly, and to accept vulnerability as strength.
“I don't want perfect paintings," she says. “I want real ones. Real like human bonds."

Three as One is therefore not a narrative scene but an emotional state. It invites the viewer to reflect on their own relationships — moments of closeness, silent understanding, and shared presence. The painting does not explain connection; it embodies it.

Ultimately, this work is a quiet affirmation of togetherness — a reminder that connection does not require definition, roles, or labels. It only requires authenticity, honesty, and the courage to stand close.

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 Mougenot, Three as one
France  • 1981

Presentation

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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