Saint-Isaac’s Cathedral, 2024

This is an urban landscape rendered in an impressionistic manner: the artist captures a fleeting moment of winter in St. Petersburg. The dominant element of the composition is St. Isaac’s Cathedral — its massive silhouette and gleaming golden dome set a monumental tone, while the detailed depiction of the colonnades and smaller domes emphasises the classical rigour of the architecture. The contrast between the centuries‑old architecture and modern details (a blue passenger car, a city bus, road signs) creates a dialogue between eras and lends the canvas a documentary vividness. The colour scheme is restrained, built on grey‑blue and ashen shades, through which local colour accents break through — the gold of the dome, the deep blue of the car body, and the ochre tones of the facades. Textured, loose brushstrokes enhance the sense of frosty air and the dynamism of the urban environment, echoing the traditions of the Russian landscape school of the late 19th — early 20th century.