Still life 1960

Kateryna Bilokur created this painting, "Still Life," probably in her studio, maybe in the middle of Ukraine. Look at this! Watermelons, apples, pears, potatoes—a harvest of earthy delights! What does it mean to spend your time looking this closely at what you have in your hands? It's a painting that feels like a celebration, or even a kind of prayer, don’t you think? I wonder if she was thinking of other still-life painters while she worked? Maybe Chardin. Or maybe she was just totally in her zone, lost in the shapes and colors of her world. The way Bilokur painted each piece of fruit, it feels like she’s saying, “This is beautiful, this is enough.” And maybe that’s what painting is all about—looking closely, finding beauty in the everyday, and sharing it with the world.