War in Ukraine collection - Art Gallery Kovalska

A little more — and flowers on the trees…

The painting continues my collection ‘War in Ukraine’. And the main theme in it is the hope for dawn after a long, long night, which is evidenced by the flowers ready to blossom on the trees and a blossoming tulip on the ruins of a house. And the first rays of the rising sun are already visible on the walls of the empty and ruined houses.

A little more — and the flowers on the trees will bloom…
A little more — and the flowers on the trees will bloom… Close-up
A little more — and the flowers on the trees will bloom… Close-up
A little more — and the flowers on the trees will bloom… Close-up. Signature of the artist
Diploma of the winner of the qualifying competition and participant in the art exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of Lina Kostenko, ‘Draw Me a Poem,’ an author’s project by Vanda Orlova.

I painted this picture in the format of an art battle organized by the Ukrainian art association Art Fine Nation. The competition was called ‘Paint me a poem by Lina Kostenko’. The artists chose a poem from those proposed by Art Fine Nation and an art pair of artists who chose the same poem. Then, for 10 days, the pair of artists painted paintings (each of them their own) on the theme of the poem. The paintings then took part in a selection competition, and the winners will be presented at the collective exhibition in Kiev.

A little more, a little more –
and the flowers on the trees will bloom,
and the will fly around like a rhizomes’ dream.

War paints watercolour paintings with blood.
Its palette –
is the ashes of fires.

Its landscape –
is the ruins of neighbourhoods.
Empty streets are faded pastels.

Unless some tulips suddenly sprout somewhere
through the groaning rubble.

Lina Kostenko

The painting is the winner of the qualifying competition and participant in the art exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of Lina Kostenko, ‘Draw Me a Poem,’ an author’s project by Vanda Orlova

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TITLE: A little more — and the flowers on the trees will bloom…
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2025
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 70 х 50 sm
TECHNIQUES: Oil, Acrylic
RELATED THEMES: City landscape, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska131

City landscape

Princess Olga in defence of the capital

Princess Olga ascended the throne after the death of Prince Igor Rurikovich and was the de facto ruler of Kievan Rus’ from 944 to 964. Olga is immortalised not only in the history of Ukraine and the world, but also in a monument erected in her honour in 1911 on St. Michael’s Square in Kyiv, sculpted by I. Kavaleridze and P. Snitkin.
A wise, far-sighted, fearless, decisive, invincible ruler according to the chronicle, she was canonised as an equal to the apostles by the Orthodox Church for accepting and spreading Christianity and building churches…
The beginning of 2022, the Russian invasion, did Olga prevent the occupiers from breaking through to Kyiv? Surrounded by sandbags, the pedestal is ready to withstand a siege in the very heart of the capital, where on 21 May 2022 an exhibition of equipment destroyed in fierce battles on the approaches to the capital opened. What is this? A symbolic coincidence or a new legend about a powerful ruler who once avenged her husband’s death?

Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Frame option
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Close-up
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Close-up
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Sidepiece. Close-up
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Sidepiece. Close-up
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Close-up. Signature of the artist
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Backside
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev
Monument to Princess Olga during the war. Kiev. Interior: hall with the picture on the wall

TITLE: Princess Olga in defence of the capital
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022/2024
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 40х50сm
TECHNIQUES: Oil on acrylic undercoat
RELATED THEMES: City landscape, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska092

City landscape

Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war

I was shocked by the news. I tried to convey the horror of the war in this painting. I was only able to finish this painting a year and a half after the tragedy. It’s very hard morally to paint such a thing…
A missile attack on an apartment building in Dnipro took place on 14 January 2023 at 15:30 local time. The attack was carried out by Russian troops during a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The missile strike destroyed part of an apartment block. As of 19 January, 46 dead, among them three children, and 75 wounded (among them 13 children) were known.
On 17 January at 13:00, the search and rescue operation was completed at 13:00, the Russian attack killed 44 people, in the evening it was announced a total of 45 dead.
Thus, the rescue operation lasted 69 hours. A total of 39 people (including 6 children) were rescued, 79 wounded (among them 16 children), in hospitals at the time of completion of the operation were 28 victims (10 in serious condition). 45 people died (6 of them children, the youngest child was 11 months old). 236 flats were destroyed, more than 400 people were left without housing.
As of 10:40 on 19 January, police had received 420 reports of damaged property, 43 of damaged cars and 10 of damaged buildings. Eleven people remain missing.
On 19 January, 46 people were reported dead.

Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war
The exhibition of the winners of the XV International Art Festival MALUY.UA
Diploma of winners of the XV International Art Festival MALUY.UA
Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war. Close-up
Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war. Close-up
Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war. Sidepiece. Close-up
Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war
Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war. In the exhibition hall

This painting is the winner of the qualifying competition and the participant of the exhibitions of winners of the XV and XVI International Art Festivals MALUY.UA, held in the Central Park of Culture and Recreation in Kiev from 24 May 2025 to 10 August 2025.

TITLE: Destroyed house in Dnipro. Horror of the war
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022/2024
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 70 х 50 сm
TECHNIQUES: Oil
RELATED THEMES: City landscape, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska091

City landscape

A big pain. After the air raid

The realities of life during the war. The picture reflects pain, fear, anger at the aggressor and the situation. What is the alma mater to blame for? The educational institution is not a military facility. The monument to T.H. Shevchenko in Borodyanka, shot by the occupiers, immediately comes to mind. It looks like a war of symbols, substitution of concepts, extermination of civilians, encroachment on the cultural heritage and education of future generations.
The picture is a symbol of invincibility, it emphasizes the strength of spirit and willpower. Here all feelings turn into peace, because there will be light after darkness. A look out the window, at the University…
The impetus for creating the work was the arrivals in Kyiv on October 10, 2022, stock photos and videos from the Internet that covered this event.

A big pain. After the air raid
A big pain. After the air raid. Close-up
A big pain. After the air raid. Close-up
A big pain. Backside signed by the artist
A big pain. Backside signed by the artist
A big pain. Sidepiece. Close-up
A big pain. Sidepiece. Close-up
A big pain. Frame option

The painting was featured in an exhibition as part of the All-Ukrainian cultural and artistic project ‘X All-Ukrainian Triennial of Painting,’ which took place in Kyiv in the exhibition halls of the Central House of Artists of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine from 19 June to 6 July 2025.

TITLE: A big pain. After the air raid
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 50х70cm
TECHNIQUES: Acrylic
RELATED THEMES: Portrait; City landscape, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska049

Religious art

Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel

On the eve and at the beginning of the war, many signs appeared in the sky above Ukraine, in which people saw the faces of Christ, the Virgin Mary, the Heavenly Host and Orthodox saints. In hope for peace, many people associated these signs as support for Ukraine and its inhabitants. At that time I believed that all the saints stood in our defence. Even now I have no doubt about it!
Archangel Uriel, whom I depicted in this painting, was revealed in the sky above Kiev

Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel
Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel. Close-up
Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel. Close-up
Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel. Sidepiece
Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel. Close-up. Signature of the artist
Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel. Backside signed by the artist
Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel. Frame option

TITLE: Light dissolves darkness. Archangel Uriel
COLLECTION: Heavenly signs
YEAR: 2022
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 40х60 cm
TECHNIQUES: Acrylic
RELATED THEMES: City landscape, Symbolism, War, Religious art
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas
FRAMING: No

Religious art

The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael

The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Close-up
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Close-up
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Sidepiece
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Close-up. Signature of the artist
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Backside signed by the artist
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Frame option
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Frame option
The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael. Interior: liviing-room with a picture on the wall

TITLE: The Captain of the LORD’s host. Archangel Michael
COLLECTION: Heavenly signs
YEAR: 2022
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 40х60 cm
TECHNIQUES: Acrylic
RELATED THEMES: City landscape, Symbolism, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas
FRAMING: No

Symbolism

Direct speech — Zmiinyi island

The painting was created in the early months of the Russian-Ukrainian war in connection with the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva, which was the target of a now-famous phrase uttered by a Ukrainian border guard during the capture of Zmeiny Island

Direct speech — Zmiinyi island. Close-up
Direct speech — Zmiinyi island. Close-up
Direct speech — Zmiinyi island. Close-up
Direct speech — Zmiinyi island. Close-up. Signature of the artist
Direct speech — Zmiinyi island. Frame option

TITLE: Direct speech — Zmiinyi island
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 50х40 cm
TECHNIQUES: Acrylic, texture paste
RELATED THEMES: Symbolism, War, seascape
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska043

Symbolism

The Stand

The painting was painted in the genre of symbolism in the first months of the Russian-Ukrainian war. And it depicts the stand against evil by good. I think it does not need any additional comments and descriptions.

The Stand
The Stand. Close-up
The Stand. Close-up. Signature of the artist

TITLE: The Stand
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 40 x 50 cm
TECHNIQUES: Acrylic, texture paste
RELATED THEMES: Symbolism, Landscape, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska041

City landscape

God, save the children, please!

God! Save the children, please! How many people in Ukraine prayed to God with these words when they heard the first explosions on the morning of 24 February 2022! This picture was painted in the first months of Russian-Ukrainian war. All the horror and shock of these events I tried to convey on it. An unexploded rocket buried in the sand in the middle of a playground. In the peacetime it’s hard even to imagine this

God, save the children, please!
God, save the children, please! Close-up
God, save the children, please! Close-up. Signature of the artist

The painting is the participant of the art exhibition ‘Unconquered Borderlands’ as part of the All-Ukrainian art project ‘Unconquered Ukraine’
The exhibition was organised by the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

TITLE: God, save the children, please!
Collection: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 50″ х 40″
TECHNIQUES: Acrylic
RELATED THEMES: City landscape, War
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska037

Portrait

Poets don’t die

Poets don’t die. (War in Ukraine Collection)
Interior. Cabinet with a painting on the wall
Poets don’t die. Frame option
Interior. Living-room with a paintings on the wall
Poets don’t die. Frame option
Poets don’t die. Painting on an easel
Poets don’t die
Interior: liviing-room with a paintings on the wall

TITLE: Poets don’t die
COLLECTION: War in Ukraine
YEAR: 2022
ARTWORK TYPE: Original Art/One of a kind
DIMENSIONS: 40х50 cm
TECHNIQUES: Acrylic, texture paste
RELATED THEMES: Symbolism, War, Portrait
SUPPORT OR SURFACE: Canvas on the canvas-stretcher
FRAMING: No
CATALOGUE N: Kovalska038

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