Own Cross

“Own Cross” from the series “Faces of Prayer”

Dimensions: 30 × 30 cm

Medium: Cotton canvas on stretcher, oil paint

Style: Figurative composition

Color palette: Soft blue, muted beige, earthy brown, faded green

The painting “Own Cross” is a figurative composition that reflects on prayer as a personal journey of burden, endurance, and quiet acceptance. A solitary figure, partially dissolved into the landscape, carries a cross across an open, almost empty space — suggesting a path that is both physical and deeply internal.

The composition is built on gentle, atmospheric transitions of color — from pale blue skies to subdued, earthy tones of the ground — creating a sense of stillness and distance. The blurred forms and softened edges evoke memory rather than direct observation, as if the scene unfolds within an inner vision.

Placed at the edge of the composition, the figure appears small in relation to the surrounding space, emphasizing solitude and the weight of individual experience. The cross, though simple in form, becomes a central symbol of responsibility, struggle, and personal devotion.

Through its minimalism and quiet tone, the work invites reflection on prayer as an act of carrying — one’s own limitations, choices, and faith — across the silent landscape of life.