Winter in Vilnius

Alt text: Cold-toned abstract scene featuring a primitive black-line chair and table under a golden radiating sun

Detailed description:

Leidari Dey

Winter in Vilnius.

Acrylic on canvas (stretched on stretcher bars, unframed).

40x50 cm, vertical.

Style: Abstract with figurative elements.

The painting is executed in a cold palette dominated by shades of blue, gray-green, and black.

In the foreground, there is a metal chair drawn in a primitive manner: only with a black line, without fill, showing a decorative backrest with curved elements. To its right is the outline of a table, also rendered in black. Both the chair and the table are set into a white-and-light-blue surface; their contours are partly covered by pale brushstrokes laid over them.

On the left side, vertical dark strokes in blue and violet tones extend upward with irregular edges.

In the background, intersecting lines in gray and blue — vertical, horizontal, and diagonal — form a grid-like structure.

In the upper right part of the canvas, there is a large golden element made of wide brushstrokes radiating outward.

Spent half the night gluing those damn wings. Feather by feather, all nice and neat for the kiddo. Where did they even get these matinees? And this damn kindergarten. And the damn winter, gosh, I’m so over it… and myself. No, stop!

Time for a break. Come on.

Went to the kitchen, poured some tea. Looked at the clock, there was no point going to bed now. Okay, I’ll just finish the wings, then my little one will wake up, and there’s that show of hers, whatever it’s called. The angel one, basically. And I’ll be there.

Sipped her tea. Watched the snow falling outside the window — big flakes, slow, steady, tender. Swirling, as if just for her, inviting her to dance. And they danced.