Marshrutka #526

This artwork captures a fleeting urban moment marked by memory and movement. A yellow city bus, called “marshrutka” in Ukrainian, ray of sunshine in the gloomy urban winter setting, crosses a quiet intersection as snow begins to fall, softening the outlines of concrete buildings and streets. Rendered in soft pastels, the scene balances gentle nostalgia with everyday realism.

The muted winter palette is interrupted by the warm yellow of the bus — a visual anchor that evokes continuity, routine, and lived experience. The snowfall and textured surface add a sense of atmosphere and time passing, turning an ordinary city fragment into a remembered place.

Part of the Heritage series, this work reflects on urban landscapes as carriers of personal and collective memory, spaces shaped not by landmarks alone, but by daily life, transit, and quiet moments in between. Designed to invite slow looking, it brings calm presence and subtle storytelling into interior spaces.

The artwork was displayed at solo show "Blickwinkel" and group show of German pastel society in Torgau in 2025.