by Yelena Lev Navtikova

Artwork Description

The Revival

48.0 x 36.0 inches

The Revival is one of my most emotionally resonant works—both visually powerful and deeply symbolic. When I painted it, I was channeling a vision that felt ethereal, almost otherworldly, yet rooted in something timeless and true. The composition naturally draws the viewer’s gaze from the fore- ground into the distant horizon. The levitating spheres act like step- ping stones, guiding us into another dimension—an elevated state of being. The symmetrical rock formations on either side felt to me like a natural cathedral, a sacred threshold between the seen and the unseen. I imagine the viewer, and myself, standing at the entrance of a portal—an initiation path—witnessing a silent, ancient ceremony of rebirth.

Artwork Details

Medium: Painting Oil

Genre: Surrealism