In the series Between Generations, Ukrainian figurative artist Halyna Kirichenko explores family life as a space where personal histories, values, and life choices are quietly formed and passed on. Family is portrayed not only as a social unit, but as an intimate emotional territory shaped by care, responsibility, vulnerability, and love.
Through symbolic figurative scenes, the artist reflects on relationships between parents and children, the continuity of generations, and the invisible threads that connect individual destinies. These works consider how major life decisions, inner transformations, and historical realities are experienced within the family and carried forward across time.
Between Generations invites the viewer into a contemplative dialogue about belonging, memory, and the silent influence of those who came before us.
” What Time Cannot Break”
acrylic on canvas 90 x 90 cm
Inspired by a photograph from a family album, this painting reflects on friendship as an enduring bond that begins in childhood and quietly supports individuals throughout their lives. The figures are united by shared memory and emotional closeness, forming a connection that deepens rather than fades with time.
Within the Between Generations series, the work speaks of friendships that become part of one’s inner family — relationships shaped by trust, care, and lived experience. These bonds offer stability during life’s transitions, carrying personal histories forward across different stages of life.
What Time Cannot Break invites the viewer to reflect on the invisible ties that sustain us, reminding us that some connections remain intact despite change, distance, and the passing of years.
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” When the Storm Is Outside” artwork from series ” Between Generations”
acrylic on canvas 90 x 90 cm
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This painting reflects the family as a place of shelter and emotional safety when the outside world feels uncertain or hostile. The intimate closeness of the mother and child forms a quiet refuge, emphasizing the child’s deep need to feel protected, understood, and supported within the family.
The window becomes a symbolic boundary between two realities: the fragile, unpredictable world outside and the warm, protective space of home. By softening individual features, the artist speaks not about a specific story, but about a universal experience, where maternal care and family love offer stability and reassurance. As part of the Between Generations series, the work explores how a sense of security formed in childhood becomes an inner resource that helps a person face life’s storms later on.
” Where I Am Safe” artwork from Series ” Between Generations “
original acrylic painting on canvas 90 x 90 cm
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They are close, as if the world has paused around them. The mother’s presence is calm and steady — not a gesture, but a state of being. The girl leans into her, trusting that here nothing needs to be explained, that being near is enough.
This moment is built on silence, on care that does not demand words. It speaks of love as responsibility, of protection that is felt rather than declared. Within this closeness, safety becomes something learned — something that quietly shapes how a child understands the world.
But is every child given such a place? Does every child feel protected, understood, and supported within their family? And where does safety truly begin — in the arms of another, or in the love we are taught to carry within ourselves?
