Azaleas

A pot of pink azaleas on a table covered in a turquoise and flowered cloth, with pears, an orange, a white jug and a glass carafe of red wine, all in soft daylight.

Sviatoslav Barabash is an Odesa realist known for clear, vivid color, and this is one of his lightest oil still lifes: pink, lilac and turquoise, with the flowers painted precisely and the cloth and background left looser. It feels like a festive table just before guests arrive.

• Artist: Sviatoslav Barabash
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Size: 60 × 60 cm (23.6 × 23.6 in), height × width
• Year: 2019
• Original: one of a kind, signed by the artist