Brothers Karamazov
"Brothers Karamazov", acrylic on canvas, 2021, Bishop Maxim
The three characters is a wondrous group as three completely different worlds. The heroes are placed in a single three-angled layout as if their faces are engraved in a regular triangle. This static setting, however, cannot prevent these static characters from having a single glance that reflects something about which three of them are asking, maybe let fate, as if they were in a house and through a window, look at the destiny that passes by the house, where it seems to be completely serious. Impressive is the seriousness of anyone who observes something that washes us away as if it were something invisible and angelic. And they seem to have a petrified expression while watching the scene, and as if it gives them a unity, to live like brothers. In its simplicity (triunity), this portrait is impressive in achieving the unattainable: three immovable men seem interesting to us thanks to the instinct of the oneness coming out of their eyes.