Braga cathedral in rain

Alt text: Pale blue and silver abstract with a central black cathedral silhouette under cloud-like forms

Detailed description:

Leidari Dey

Braga Cathedral in Rain.

Acrylic paint and markers on canvas (stretched on stretcher bars, unframed).

30×40 cm, vertical.

Style: Abstract with architectural elements.

The painting is composed of very pale blue, grey, white, and black tones.

The background is covered in soft blue layers of paint, with visible brushstrokes and scattered splashes of lighter and darker shades.

In the upper part of the canvas, a large irregular silver area occupies the center, built from overlapping rounded shapes resembling clustered cloud-like forms. Several white paint drips descend vertically from this area.

On both sides of the composition, large white and silver shapes outlined with thin black lines form uneven vertical structures, leaving an open space in the center.

Within this central opening appears a black silhouette of a cathedral-like building. The shape includes a pointed roof, several slender spires, and a cross on the left side.

Below the silhouette, a narrow vertical extension descends downward, forming a dark reflection-like shape in the lower part of the painting.

Thin vertical streaks of diluted paint descend across the surface of the canvas, varying in thickness and transparency.

“Honestly, I couldn’t have even imagined I’d see you again!” He was grinning from ear to ear, clapping me on the shoulder, his eyes squinting with joy—he was absolutely beaming.

“I mean, seventeen years, after all. I thought you’d moved away, that your life was completely different now.”

“You just packed up in a single day back then and vanished without a trace. Well, I thought—good for him, he’s doing what he always wanted”.

“I tried to find out a bit about you here and there, but no one could tell me anything worthwhile. All that mattered was that you were alive. And I decided, if he’s alive, then everything’s fine. I hoped things would go well for you, just the way you wanted, the way you liked, that it would all work out somehow—and now, here you are”.

“You say you missed me too? Man, it’s so good to see you!”