Axis Mundi (2026)

Oil on canvas, 170 x 100 cm

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The painting depicts the axis of the world, known in Latin as Axis Mundi. The upper part of the composition is saturated with symbols representing the transcendent (birds, the colors yellow, white, and blue), energy as opposed to matter, the future as opposed to the past, and the masculine, active principle.

The axis descends toward the feminine principle, represented by the symbols in the lower part of the composition. Here we see the underworld, reptiles, rats, moles, and dark colors. The underworld symbolizes the past in contrast to the present, and passivity in contrast to activity.

In the middle is the present moment, symbolized by hoofed animals—deer, elk—and the colors green and red. The painting also depicts the four seasons, represented through personification.

Along the axis, a braid is woven, uniting both principles—the feminine and the masculine. Balance does not arise from choosing one side, but from the conscious interweaving of both.

It is a single force in two phases: maturation and expression. In this sense, the masculine and feminine principles are not genders, but universal forces present in every human being and throughout the entire universe.

The painting also incorporates symbols from Slavic mythology, including the creator of fire and the sky (associated with the god Svarog), as well as the goddesses Vesna and Morana, who appear as personifications of spring and winter, among others.