Uimaan Lähdössä 

Pekka Halonen’s painting invites us into a scene bathed in sunlight. The bather is about to immerse herself in the water, but it is the dynamic interplay between light and shadow that captures our attention. The painting's composition divides into zones of warm and cool colors. The bather's sunlit figure is rendered with yellow hues, which contrast with the cool blues and greens of the water. The heavy brushstrokes and the textured surface break the figure into a series of planes, capturing reflected light. Here, the nude is not about sensuality, but form and motion. The composition is built on diagonal lines that energize the image: from the rocks at the lower left to the figure and up to the background on the right. It rejects traditional perspective, creating a flattened space. This gives a sense of immediacy. The effect challenges traditional notions of representation and opens us to new ways of seeing.