View from the artist's studio 

Margareta Sterian's painting, View from the artist's studio, presents an urban landscape under a foreboding sky. The subdued palette, dominated by greys and muted yellows, establishes a melancholic mood. The buildings, rendered with gestural brushstrokes, lack precise detail, blurring the lines between representation and abstraction. The composition is structured by converging lines of streets, leading the eye into the depths of the cityscape. This creates a tension between the flat picture plane and the illusion of three-dimensional space. The loose brushwork and softened forms suggest a sense of transience and the ephemeral quality of modern life. Sterian destabilizes traditional landscape painting, as it challenges the viewer's perception of reality. The artist isn't just documenting, but offering an interpretation of the urban environment and the artist's subjective emotional response to it. The painting leaves us contemplating the transient nature of urban existence.