Voice of Uzupis

Alt text: Patterned mint green background with a stylized ochre and gold angel holding a trumpet

Detailed description: Voice of Uzupis

Acrylic on canvas, 30 × 40 cm.

The painting is composed in pale mint green, light grey, muted olive, warm ochre, gold, and deep reddish-brown tones with dark violet outlines.

The background is filled with a pattern of large, irregular, rounded segments outlined in dark violet lines. These segments cover most of the composition and are filled with soft variations of pale mint green and light greenish-grey paint.

In the lower center of the painting, a vertical pale column-like form rises from the bottom edge of the canvas.

Above the column appears a stylized angel figure painted in warm ochre, gold, and deep reddish-brown tones. The angel is shown holding a long trumpet extending toward the right side of the composition.

Behind the figure, two wings are indicated with darker brown and golden brushstrokes. A lighter golden halo-like area surrounds the upper part of the figure.

The angel form is painted with fluid, semi-transparent layers that partially overlap the patterned background.

Along the bottom edge of the composition, there is a horizontal band of muted olive and grey tones.

He was leaning back against the pedestal, counting the people passing by, half-listening to snatches of conversation in a foreign language, pretending to be waiting for someone — he wasn't used to just standing like that, with nothing to do. But being there felt good: a strong warm wind, a cloudy sky, but somewhere far off the sunset was already starting, and it felt like this light pink, light yellow, light tender glow was blowing into every window, into his ears, under his coat. He just breathed. He pretended to be waiting for someone.