- Artifacts of mental -archaeology

In-Between #1–#4 (Polyptych) — Original Sensory Alchemy Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Oil Pastel and Anthracite Inlay on Canvas on Board, 4 pcs — 40×60 cm
A doorway into the dark half of the cycle. Four works. Two diptychs. Or four independent pieces — the choice is yours. Each panel holds the wound, the seed, and the trace of a new sun.

The Myth
Every winter, we look into the dark: in the depth of a night lake or a night sky, doing the slow work of rebuilding our core from old layers. Each artifact of this alchemical process holds the wound, the seed, and the trace of a new sun.
Persephone is descending. The pomegranate juice is still on her lips. Not yet underground. No longer on the surface.
In summer she is warm light, the golden glow of life. In winter — a dragon. A dark flame, stilling in the depths, covered in cooling scales of anthracite, guarding the warmth.
One face. Two masks.
I sit with the canvas until early dusk. I mix scarlet paint with the scent of summer rocks, crush chalk and anthracite. Slowly. In silence. The witch's tool is patience.
Once it was wood. Then stone. Fossil, fuel, jewel — all at once. With time and pressure, it becomes a black diamond. That's what the in-between is made of: what was, what is becoming, and what is still waiting.

Why it matters for a collector
These are not paintings to match a sofa. They are works that change with the light, hold the space, and reward attention over years. Each panel is signed, certified, and one of a kind — a piece of the cycle you can live with.

Details
Oil, acrylic, oil pastel, and anthracite inlay on canvas on board
Each panel: 40 × 60 × 0.3 cm / 15.75 × 23.62 × 0.12 in
© Daria Harlauta 2026 (signed & certified)

Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2200 / €1970 | per piece
$4400 / €3941 | diptych
$8800 / €7883 | polyptych

Pomegranate Season #1–#2 (Diptych) — Original Sensory Alchemy Mixed Media on Paper, 2 pcs — 29.5×41.5 cm
A doorway into the depth that looks back. Two sheets of acid-free paper, oil pastel and acrylic — the first artifact of a new collection.

The Myth
Every winter, we look into the dark: in the depth of a night lake or a night sky, doing the slow work of rebuilding our new core from old layers. Each artifact of this alchemical process holds the wound, the pearl, and the seed that remains.
This diptych is the first artifact of the new collection — the opening of the Pomegranate Season.
On a white, rough sheet, matte black acrylic has fallen unevenly — as if thick charcoal had touched the paper. Its trace, torn and broken, creates a window of darkness in the white space of the sheet. From this darkness, silhouettes glow: hands or trees, dense and rough, as if drawn by the first frost — contours of trunks, branches, swirls of bark, like traces of raindrops on autumn puddles.
And in this black-and-white, matte-frost world, the only coloured drops are scattered — scarlet pomegranate seeds.
If you've ever felt that winter is not an ending, but a threshold — you already know why this belongs with you. If not, look closer. The seeds are still there.

Details
Oil pastel and acrylic on acid-free paper (200g/m²)
Each sheet: 29.5 × 41.5 × 0.2 cm / 11.6 × 16.3 × 0.08 in
Diptych: 59 × 41.5 × 0.2 cm / 23.2 × 16.3 × 0.08 in
© Daria Harlauta 2026 (signed & certified)

Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$800 / €704 | per piece
$1600 / €1408 | diptych