Unconditional Love, 2026

Viktoriia Kolesnykova  

Some experiences remain with us for a lifetime. Once we have felt unconditional love, care, and complete acceptance, the memory of that state stays within us, even as life changes. It is this memory that helps us find trust again when the world feels uncertain.
Unconditional Love speaks of the moment when a person no longer feels alone in the face of life. Love is revealed not as something that must be earned or held onto, but as the simple possibility of being accepted exactly as you are. In that presence, the need for constant self-protection begins to dissolve, giving way to a quiet sense of support and trust.
This painting is about the inner knowing that the world can be more than a place of hardship—it can also be a place of love. Sometimes a single experience of being truly accepted is enough to become an inner source of strength that remains with us throughout our lives.

series Deep Within Myself
Depth is not a place. It is a way of seeing the world.
The Deep Within Myself series explores depth as an inner territory where the personal intersects with the archetypal. The realm of blue—from luminous light to near-impenetrable darkness—becomes a field of the unconscious, a space of memory, instinct, embodied knowledge, and primordial force. The series emerged from the experience of an inner descent and a gradual approach toward what initially inspired fear through its vastness and mystery.
In these works, depth is not only a psychological metaphor but also a world governed by its own laws. Human figures, water, archetypal beings, animals, and darkness coexist as equal manifestations of a single reality. They do not invite literal interpretation, nor are they reduced to symbols. Their presence creates a space where intuition, embodied memory, and rational knowledge exist side by side.
The image of the Witch runs throughout the series as an archetype of feminine presence. She neither resists the unknown nor seeks to master it. Her strength lies in the ability to remain close to what cannot be fully understood or explained.
The title Deep Within Myself refers not only to a journey inward but also to a way of living in relationship with that depth—without the need to dissolve it in explanations or strip it of its mystery. Within this space, fear gradually gives way to trust, and the unknown becomes part of lived experience.