Protecting What Is Yet to Be | Surreal Portrait with Nest and Egg, 2026
Painting : oil · 20 x 20 x 2 cm 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang
CHF 437
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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 quiet, dreamlike portrait of a young woman with flowing brown hair that rises and curves around a small nest holding a single egg. Set against a luminous turquoise background, her delicate face and bare shoulders create an intimate, almost weightless composition. The nest rests above her head like a natural crown, transforming an ordinary portrait into an unusual image of care and protection.
The artwork reflects on vulnerability, nurturing, and the promise of new beginnings. The egg represents something precious that has not yet taken shape — a possibility that needs time, patience, and protection before it can enter the world. The flowing hair connects the figure to the nest, creating a visual relationship between the human body and the natural world. Her calm, thoughtful expression adds to the sense of quiet strength rather than dramatic action.
The restrained composition allows the central image to speak clearly. Warm brown and chestnut tones in the hair contrast with the cool turquoise background, while ivory and soft beige in the nest and egg introduce a delicate highlight. Subtle pink and coral accents bring warmth to the face and lips. The carefully rendered features and the unexpected placement of the nest give the portrait a surreal, symbolic quality.
Created in oil on canvas, this original artwork combines figurative painting with an imaginative visual metaphor. It offers a thoughtful focal point for a contemporary living room, bedroom, reading corner, or personal creative space. A distinctive choice for collectors drawn to symbolic portraiture and art exploring tenderness, hope, and the fragile beginnings of life.
Materials: Oil on canvas.
Shipping / Display: Ready to hang. Shipped in a protective box.
Turquoise, aqua blue, pale teal, warm ivory, cream, beige, chestnut brown, dark brown, soft pink, coral, muted peach.
For collectors who appreciate figurative and surreal art with symbolic meaning. Particularly suited to those drawn to themes of nurturing, vulnerability, hope, and the relationship between human life and nature.
A thoughtful accent for a contemporary bedroom, living room, reading nook, or creative studio. The turquoise background works beautifully with warm neutrals, natural wood, cream, and understated decor.
Style: Contemporary figurative art, surreal portraiture, symbolic painting.
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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