At the lake 1990

Oleg Holosiy made this painting, At the Lake, using oil on canvas. The whole thing shimmers with these cool blues and yellows, like he's bottled a fleeting moment. You get the sense that he's really feeling his way through the act of painting. The materiality is upfront: the brushstrokes are loose and the paint is quite thin in places. Look at the figures. They are rendered in these ghostly blues, almost like afterimages burned onto the canvas. The one standing looks like they are about to dive in. He has captured the uncanny feeling of being at the edge of something. This piece reminds me of the flattened spaces and stark figures in Milton Avery’s paintings. Both artists use simplified forms and a limited palette to evoke a mood, leaning into the idea that art is a conversation, a way of seeing that gets passed around. It's all about keeping the dialogue open, right?