''Woman'', Size-100x70, Medium-oil on canvas,2023

In 2023, the artist creates the series "Woman", in this painting we are shown the shyness and feminine delicacy of a woman. The canvas is made in soft colors, the overall composition reflects the fusion of woman and nature. The complete composition appears to us in symbols. The naked body of a woman opens before us. The master did not give the woman an ideal Greco-Roman body, but the body of a woman living in our reality, which makes her ideal with her physical flaws. The woman's face is covered by a dark cloud, with which the painter did not want to betray the woman and covered the face of the embarrassed girl. In the background are clouds painted in shades of sunset. In the foreground, the woman, using a teapot as a bouquet, waters her single open soft pink rose, giving that body part a sense of delicacy. The woman's side features interesting details: a May beetle and a butterfly. The latter give a hint to understand the overall work. The butterfly is one of the main symbols of art, and a large number of artists have included this image in their paintings. It is noteworthy that in most allegorical phenomena, the butterfly is considered a symbol of the soul, immortality, rebirth and resurrection. For a woman, her first symbolic death and rebirth can be considered the first rapprochement with a man. Watering the woman's rose itself is also suggestive. With this, the master hides the woman's face and serves the viewer as much as he needs. The canvas is dynamic, feeling the movement of merging with nature and woman.

Art historian: Marta Mkrtchyan