Paintings on plastic, foam cardboard Before the storm

Shishkin managed to convey not just the depicted landscape in the smallest details, up to the drawing of individual blades of grass, but most importantly – the atmosphere of nature, which is about to be attacked by a merciless element. The landscape of the Russian forest, dense and saturated with greenery, cut through by the water surface of the river, is not much different from other images of similar scenes by artists. The viewer is exposed to the beauty and power of the work. The whole canvas is divided by a clear horizon line – bright blue saturated sky above, on which black clouds are already swirling, and the greenery of the forest below. The grass comes to the fore, so detailed that you can look at it for more than one minute. In the distance, to the river breaking through the greenery, a well-trodden path goes away, which emphasizes a skillful perspective. The horizon is spelled out by a strip of impenetrable forest, over which thunderclouds are gathering.