Anna Yakusheva
Life as a project. Art as the doorway.
series of works "Silent Seeds"
This series emerged at the beginning of 2026, during a period when my visual language began to shift toward greater simplicity and precision. The works move away from dense symbolic layering and instead focus on a quieter, more distilled presence. Rather than constructing meaning through multiple visual references, the compositions allow space, rhythm and subtle forms to carry the experience. What remains is a sense of stillness and clarity, where the image exists without the need for explanation. These works are simply about presence — a calm, attentive state in which perception becomes slower and more exact.
Bearers of Silence, 2026
Watercolour, magazine clippings
60 × 80 cm
Price: 680£
In silence something is always ripening. Not immediately visible, not demanding attention — like a seed that knows its own timing. This work is not about the outcome but about the moment before. A state in which something new already exists and does not require a name. The spiral at the center becomes a path inward — a movement through the endless cycle of life. Emerging and upward-reaching plants connect earth and space, while birds hidden within them act as subtle links between worlds, between the inner and the outer. The butterflies are almost dissolved into the air; their color is only beginning to appear, as a hint of a transformation that has already taken place, yet remains quiet. Throughout the work, motifs repeat intuitively, without a predetermined plan. They form an additional layer of meaning, leaving the viewer space for personal associations, sensations and inner resonance. The rest unfolds in the silence of the gaze and in quiet presence.
Before the Touch, 2026
Watercolour, magazine clippings
80 × 80 cm
Price: 580£
This work explores a moment of quiet presence — a state of silence in which life is already unfolding. It is not a window into another space. It is a place where space recognises itself through life. The hummingbird and the pomegranate flower appear as forms of living presence — a life already in being. The background unfolds like a portal or a field of attention, holding the viewer within a slow, inward movement. Rather than depicting action or transformation, the work remains in a pause — a fragile balance between inner experience and outer reality, where growth happens quietly and without haste. It is quiet. And silence, when one stays within it for too long, can easily be mistaken for the absence of meaning. But this work is not about complexity. It is about trust in life, without complication.
