On human essence
These quick, gestural oil paintings on paper are not portraits or depictions of particular people. I think of them more as studies of human essence — of the body and the psyche. Working quickly and intuitively, I move away from likeness, allowing medium and gesture to guide the image.
Portrait, 2025
Oil on canvas sheet, 42 x 29,7 сm
Floating, 2025
Oil on canvas sheet, 29,7 х 42 сm
Bored 21st century, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 31 х 31 сm
Pets, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 31 х 31 сm
Peggy, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 31 х 31 сm
Sleeping Ekaterina, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 31 х 31 сm
Parkour, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 37 х 27 сm
Plein soleil, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 43 х 32 сm
It takes two, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 25 х 32 сm
White monkey, 2025, Watercolours on paper, 25 х 32 сm
Trapped, 2022, Watercolours on paper, 75 x 57 cm
Dreams of Gauguin, 2023, Watercolours on paper , 20 x 15 cm
Fishermen in Matanzas, 2022, Watercolours on paper, 75 x 57 cm
My Head is a Vessel Full of Thoughts, 2024, Watercolours on paper, 20 x 31 cm
Pilgrims in Gokarna, 2024, Watercolours on paper, 20 x 31 cm
Palm trees in Rose Dore, 2024, Watercolours on paper, 38 x 28 cm
Les Vaches, 2024, Watercolours on paper, 57 x 36 cm
Figures in cobalt blue, 2024, Watercolours on paper, 38 x 28 cm
Jardins dels Alemanys, 2023, 3 Watercolours on paper, 38 х 20 сm each
Burnt peach, 2023 Watercolours on paper 20 x 14 cm
Pinky and lime, 2023, Watercolours on cotton paper, 27 x 38 cm
Open champagne! 2022, Watercolours on paper, 18 x 10 cm
Sunset meditation, 2022, Watercolours on paper, 17 x 13 cm
Warm granite, 2022 Watercolours on cotton paper 18 x 13 cm
La Digue, 2022, Watercolours on paper, 51,5 x 39 cm
Pink chairs, 2022, Watercolours on paper, 12 x 10 cm
Look through the window glass, 2022 Watercolours on paper, 15 x 9,5 cm
`Local bar, 2022, Watercolours on paper, 15 x 16 cm
“Heat Vision” series, 2024 - 2025
In “Heat Vision”, Anna Antonova renders scenes of emotional intensity through a palette of burning reds, ochres, and golden light. Birds and lone figures populate sun-drenched, dreamlike landscapes where perspective is softened and edges melt into one another.
The series explores how memory and perception distort under pressure—like images warped by heat. Themes of loss, resilience, and ecological anxiety run through the works, but without didacticism. Instead, the paintings invite the viewer into a sensory space where emotion becomes visible, like a shimmer in the air.