Path
combined acrylic-oil technique | 70×50 cm | 2007
Path is a golden migration across a scarred earth, where a river of crimson anchors the wandering eye to the dust of the sun. It is the geometry of a journey, sketched in frantic lines that bridge the silence between the heavy ground and the infinite light.
Description
In the 2007 Svetlana Vuksanovic work “Path”, a 50×70 cm canvas executed in a combined acrylic-oil technique, the artist invites us into a landscape stripped of its literalism and rebuilt through raw texture. While the title suggests a journey, the composition presents a formidable horizontal boundary—a thick, arterial band of deep red that anchors the viewer amidst a sea of luminous ochre and sun-drenched yellows.
The brilliance of the piece lies in its structural tension. The upper registers are airy and ethereal, where the acrylic base provides a rapid, gestural foundation for the richer, more translucent oil layers to sit upon. Across this golden expanse, thin, erratic black lines drift like topographical notes or the ghost of a fence, suggesting that every “path” is as much about the obstacles we navigate as the direction we choose.
This is a painting of grounded energy. By bifurcating the canvas with that central crimson weight, Svetlana forces a confrontation between the earthbound and the atmospheric. It is a sophisticated exploration of how minimal forms can evoke the sprawling, dusty feeling of a long trek toward the sun.
