Heart Unfolding and Breath of the Universe, 2025

Kseniia Ivanova  

Painting 1 – “Heart Unfolding"

A meditative figure sits with a glowing heart at its center, while above it a mandala seems to open like a living flower. This image symbolizes the moment of conscious choice — the discovery of heart power and a direct connection with the inner space. Turquoise and blue-green layers flow around the body like water and sky merging, evoking both stillness and movement.

Painting 2 – “Breath of the Universe"

Here the same figure appears in another rhythm, as if breathing with the cosmos. The mandala radiates outward in waves, embodying integration — when inner light and outer space become one single pulse of resonance. Deep and darker hues expand the feeling of vastness, suggesting that one's own breath is linked to the breath of the universe.

Together these two paintings form a diptych about entering the heart, then resonating outward. They are not portraits of someone else; they are mirrors for whoever looks at them — an invitation to feel your own pulse, your own breath, your own light.