The Right to Lightness | Pink Portrait with Feather, 2026
Painting : oil · 20 x 20 x 2 cm 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang
$500
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About the artwork
Type
Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang
with stretcher frame
Authenticity
Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the artist
Invoice from the gallery
Signature
Hand-signed by artist
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
20 x 20 x 2 cm 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
A young woman turns gently toward the viewer against a vivid, electric pink background. Her dark hair is gathered into a soft, sculptural bun, with a single gray feather tucked above her ear. Delicate facial features, softly flushed cheeks, and deep red lips bring warmth to the cool, pale tones of her face. The intense, almost uninterrupted pink backdrop makes the figure stand out with striking clarity.
The feather is the central symbolic detail. It represents the possibility of moving through life with greater lightness, without allowing past experiences to define every moment. The artist explores the freedom to feel joy even after difficult periods, suggesting that vulnerability and hope do not have to contradict one another. Lightness here is not the absence of experience, but the permission to meet life with openness again.
The restrained pose and thoughtful gaze create an intimate contrast with the bold background. Expressive contemporary portraiture meets a poetic visual metaphor, giving the artwork both immediate visual impact and a quieter emotional dimension. Its vivid pink palette brings energy to a room, while the feather invites a more personal reflection on resilience, tenderness, and the courage to remain open to joy.
This original oil artwork may appeal to collectors of contemporary figurative art and expressive portraits, particularly those drawn to symbolic details and emotionally resonant imagery. It can make a distinctive accent in a modern living room, bedroom, creative studio, or personal collection.
Materials: Oil on canvas.
Shipping / Display: Ready to hang. Shipped in a protective box.
Electric pink, fuchsia, hot pink, charcoal gray, dark brown, black, cool gray, pale ivory, soft blush pink, muted red.
For collectors who appreciate contemporary portraiture with a personal message, as well as art exploring vulnerability, resilience, hope, and emotional freedom. Particularly suited to those who enjoy expressive color and subtle symbolism.
A strong choice for a modern living room, bedroom, dressing area, or creative studio. The vivid pink background works especially well against neutral walls and minimalist interiors, adding a confident splash of color.
Style: Contemporary figurative art, expressive portraiture, symbolic art.
Presentation
Nat Derevyanko is a Ukrainian visual artist based in Avezzano, Italy. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at Distinction Gallery in Escondido, California, and projects in Italy, Ukraine, and the United States. Her biography is included in the Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine. Derevyanko is a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and the Union of Designers of Ukraine.
She studied Graphic Design at the Ivan Trush Lviv College of Decorative and Applied Arts and Sacred Art at the Lviv National Academy of Arts. She has worked as a visual artist since 2001 and is a Professor of Design at Khortytsia National Academy in Zaporizhzhia.
Working as a narrative symbolist, Nat explores displacement, vulnerability, belonging, memory, and the loss of home. Her visual language draws on the symbolic structures of sacred art while moving them into psychologically charged contemporary narratives.
Childhood is a recurring lens in her paintings: innocence and imagination coexist with anxiety, early fears, and emotional wounds that persist into adult life. Following the war in Ukraine and her displacement to Italy, the idea of home gained new urgency in her practice. Through symbolic and imaginative imagery, Nat Derevyanko considers how personal memory intersects with collective experience and how vulnerability can become a space for resilience and transformation.
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