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Sun in the mountains, 2026
Julia Kirillova (Crystal)  

Painting : oil · 80 x 65 x 0.1 cm 31.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€458 458 €
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Painting : Unique artwork

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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed

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80 x 65 x 0.1 cm 31.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

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"Sun in the mountains": Contemporary Oil Artwork | Golden Mountain Landscape for Modern Decor

This delicate semi-abstract landscape speaks in the language of simplicity and freedom. Burgundy, deep brown, gray, and beige tones are combined with gold, creating a sense of harmony and unity with nature. The sun stands high above the mountains, carried by the wind, while a golden flow of solar energy spreads across the landscape. Within this seemingly simple composition, the movement of wind and spontaneous gold drips coexist, giving the painting a vibrant, living presence.

Thanks to the use of liquid gold leaf, the artwork appears different under varying lighting conditions, as shown in the photographs. The wind and clouds are created using textured acrylic paste, adding depth and tactile expression to the surface.

This painting will resonate with those who feel tired of constant rush and seek moments of slowing down, quiet contemplation, and connection with nature. It fits beautifully into modern interiors due to its harmonious color palette. The artwork also makes an ideal gift, thanks to its gentle subject, high-quality canvas, professional oil paints with strong UV protection, and premium gold leaf that does not fade, wear off, or retain fingerprints.

Oil painting on canvas (50% cotton, 50% linen)
Signed by the artist on the front and on the back
Edges painted to match the composition
5 cm of painted canvas left on each side, allowing stretching on a stretcher frame from 1.5 to 3 cm
Total canvas size: 75 × 90 cm
The artwork is shipped on a roll in a tube

Abstract

Mountain landscapes

Semi-abstract

Sun

Nature

brown

Yellow

Julia Kirillova (Crystal), Sun in the mountains
United States  • 1986

Presentation

Julia Crystal (b. 1986) is a contemporary artist whose work brings digital aesthetics and glitch-like structures into traditional oil painting. Her work has been exhibited in the Netherlands, including at Kunstbrug and Kunstmarkt, and in the United States.

Trained in classical academic painting, Julia Crystal gradually developed an independent visual language centered on the sea. Her Digitized Water series marked a decisive shift: natural waves became polygonal, architectural structures that resemble 3D models or digitally generated environments. Yet Crystal uses no computer software to construct them; the forms are developed through drawing and painting.

This tension between digital perception and physical painting defines her practice. Crystal considers how contemporary vision, increasingly shaped by screens and virtual imagery, reorganizes the irregularity of nature into systems, patterns, and visual codes. In her paintings, the unpredictable movement of water becomes strangely precise, creating a sense of beauty, distance, and unease.

Her newer seascapes bring greater realism back into this language. Deep horizons, carefully rendered water, and cold, luminous accents retain traces of the earlier glitch aesthetic while shifting from psychological tension toward stillness. Across these bodies of work, Julia Crystal uses the ocean as both subject and perceptual space—a place where natural chaos, digital order, memory, and inner states meet.

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