- Art as a Method -
of Cognition
2022
Arctic expeditions, magnetic fields, and the sound of wind over stone.
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Dance of Light
$
2097
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Dance of Light — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil & Gold Leaf on Linen, Arctic Aurora Painting, 40×80 cm
A further painting from the artist's Norwegian Cycle. Here, the viewer is transported from the valleys into the mountains — into an almost cosmic space of primeval ice and glacial lakes. The ice masses have a unique blue-turquoise coloration, and the northern lights descend remarkably close, as if spilling from the sky down to the earth. In the North, this phenomenon is often called the Paths of the Spirits or the Dance of the Spirits — for the indigenous peoples of the region traditionally saw in it the trails of magical forces journeying between the earth and the heavens.
The Myth
The rhythms of the northern lights, frozen in space.
This painting is a synesthetic artifact where the rhythms of the aurora borealis have solidified in strokes of oil paint over gold leaf. The artist captures the energetic imprint of the phenomenon — translating a cosmic impulse into the language of matter.
This painting is also musical — but its rhythm is more delicate, sharper, and more immediate, plunging the viewer directly into the space of the dancing spirits.
As part of the Art as a Method of Cognition series, this work offers the chance to possess not a landscape, but the very model of perception itself — where science and magic become a single sensory experience.
The painting was incorporated into the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition, presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture complemented by scientific experiments demonstrating the properties of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to the intersection of art and science, and for those who seek works that are not merely seen — but experienced.
Details
Oil, relief, and gold leaf on linen canvas
40 × 80 × 2 cm / 15.7 × 31.5 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2097 / €1826
A further painting from the artist's Norwegian Cycle. Here, the viewer is transported from the valleys into the mountains — into an almost cosmic space of primeval ice and glacial lakes. The ice masses have a unique blue-turquoise coloration, and the northern lights descend remarkably close, as if spilling from the sky down to the earth. In the North, this phenomenon is often called the Paths of the Spirits or the Dance of the Spirits — for the indigenous peoples of the region traditionally saw in it the trails of magical forces journeying between the earth and the heavens.
The Myth
The rhythms of the northern lights, frozen in space.
This painting is a synesthetic artifact where the rhythms of the aurora borealis have solidified in strokes of oil paint over gold leaf. The artist captures the energetic imprint of the phenomenon — translating a cosmic impulse into the language of matter.
This painting is also musical — but its rhythm is more delicate, sharper, and more immediate, plunging the viewer directly into the space of the dancing spirits.
As part of the Art as a Method of Cognition series, this work offers the chance to possess not a landscape, but the very model of perception itself — where science and magic become a single sensory experience.
The painting was incorporated into the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition, presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture complemented by scientific experiments demonstrating the properties of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to the intersection of art and science, and for those who seek works that are not merely seen — but experienced.
Details
Oil, relief, and gold leaf on linen canvas
40 × 80 × 2 cm / 15.7 × 31.5 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2097 / €1826
Moon Dance
$
2097
$
Moon Dance — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil & Gold Leaf on Linen, Arctic Fjord Painting, 40×80 cm
The idea for this artwork emerged after the artist's two-week journey through Northern Norway in 2019. The enchanted vistas of winding fjords, tiny houses nestled in valleys, and mighty mountains with glaciers were first captured in a series of travel sketches. Then, two years later, they gave rise to a new painting series. For the artist, the North is always resonant with sound — full of a unique symphony. This is why the paintings in this series are built on the principle of synesthesia, a characteristic feature of her other works as well. Here, she transforms the landscape into a semi-abstract, voluminous, and deep space, while adding powerful texture through relief elements that grow out from the canvas plane.
The Myth
The invisible harmony of a natural phenomenon.
The painting Moon Dance is a visual sonata where the rhythm of the classical music of the northern lights sets the tempo. Sharp golden strokes across the textured surface become musical notes, slicing through the darkness of the fjord, while the white crescent of the moon serves as a rest — a silence at the heart of cosmic resonance.
The main protagonists of this narrative are the sharp rhythms of the northern lights and a crystalline sliver of the moon reflected in the waters of the fjord.
The work explores synesthesia as the highest form of cognition, translating the invisible harmony of a natural phenomenon into the language of precious matter — accessible for direct, almost tactile perception.
The painting became part of the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition. This project was presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture accompanied by scientific experiments illustrating the principles of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to the intersection of art and science, and for those who seek works that translate the invisible into the tangible.
Details
Oil, relief, and gold leaf on linen canvas
40 × 80 × 2 cm / 15.7 × 31.5 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2097 / €1826
The idea for this artwork emerged after the artist's two-week journey through Northern Norway in 2019. The enchanted vistas of winding fjords, tiny houses nestled in valleys, and mighty mountains with glaciers were first captured in a series of travel sketches. Then, two years later, they gave rise to a new painting series. For the artist, the North is always resonant with sound — full of a unique symphony. This is why the paintings in this series are built on the principle of synesthesia, a characteristic feature of her other works as well. Here, she transforms the landscape into a semi-abstract, voluminous, and deep space, while adding powerful texture through relief elements that grow out from the canvas plane.
The Myth
The invisible harmony of a natural phenomenon.
The painting Moon Dance is a visual sonata where the rhythm of the classical music of the northern lights sets the tempo. Sharp golden strokes across the textured surface become musical notes, slicing through the darkness of the fjord, while the white crescent of the moon serves as a rest — a silence at the heart of cosmic resonance.
The main protagonists of this narrative are the sharp rhythms of the northern lights and a crystalline sliver of the moon reflected in the waters of the fjord.
The work explores synesthesia as the highest form of cognition, translating the invisible harmony of a natural phenomenon into the language of precious matter — accessible for direct, almost tactile perception.
The painting became part of the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition. This project was presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture accompanied by scientific experiments illustrating the principles of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to the intersection of art and science, and for those who seek works that translate the invisible into the tangible.
Details
Oil, relief, and gold leaf on linen canvas
40 × 80 × 2 cm / 15.7 × 31.5 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2097 / €1826
Song of Ice and Light
$
2506
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Song of Ice and Light — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil & Relief on Canvas, Arctic Glacier Painting, 50×70 cm
Continuing her 2019 journey through the Norwegian glaciers, the artist encountered glacial waterfalls — veritable walls of water cascading down cliffs of ice and rock into a glacial lake. That day, her journey was rewarded with a fleeting moment she captured in sketches: the fog suddenly cleared, and a single sunbeam broke through to illuminate the majestic landscape. This experience later culminated in the painting Song of Ice and Light, which combines powerful, textured impasto with delicate, luminous layers of oil paint.
The Myth
A synesthetic transformation of space.
The work resonates with the epic saga of a wanderer who, after a long pilgrimage, is struck silent — standing in awe before the sublime grandeur of the northern wilderness.
The monumental glacier, painted in the technique of the Old Masters, has captured and refracted a solitary sunbeam, compelling it to resonate with a green luminescence on a cold monochrome plane. This pulse of light is met by the tactile, relief-like mass of rocks, whose coarse texture serves as a physical counterweight to the delicate glazing.
This work explores the phenomenon of synesthetic transformation: how the dispersion of light within ice can transfigure an entire landscape, turning it from a physical given into a space of pure vibration and heightened emotional resonance.
The painting was incorporated into the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition, presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture complemented by scientific experiments demonstrating the properties of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to the intersection of art and science, and for those who seek works that translate the sublime into the tangible.
Details
Oil and relief on cotton canvas
50 × 70 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 27.6 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2506 / €2182
Continuing her 2019 journey through the Norwegian glaciers, the artist encountered glacial waterfalls — veritable walls of water cascading down cliffs of ice and rock into a glacial lake. That day, her journey was rewarded with a fleeting moment she captured in sketches: the fog suddenly cleared, and a single sunbeam broke through to illuminate the majestic landscape. This experience later culminated in the painting Song of Ice and Light, which combines powerful, textured impasto with delicate, luminous layers of oil paint.
The Myth
A synesthetic transformation of space.
The work resonates with the epic saga of a wanderer who, after a long pilgrimage, is struck silent — standing in awe before the sublime grandeur of the northern wilderness.
The monumental glacier, painted in the technique of the Old Masters, has captured and refracted a solitary sunbeam, compelling it to resonate with a green luminescence on a cold monochrome plane. This pulse of light is met by the tactile, relief-like mass of rocks, whose coarse texture serves as a physical counterweight to the delicate glazing.
This work explores the phenomenon of synesthetic transformation: how the dispersion of light within ice can transfigure an entire landscape, turning it from a physical given into a space of pure vibration and heightened emotional resonance.
The painting was incorporated into the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition, presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture complemented by scientific experiments demonstrating the properties of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to the intersection of art and science, and for those who seek works that translate the sublime into the tangible.
Details
Oil and relief on cotton canvas
50 × 70 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 27.6 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2506 / €2182
Aurora's Wings
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2506
$
Wings of Aurora — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil & Relief on Canvas, Arctic Northern Lights Painting, 50×70 cm
This artwork is closely aligned in atmosphere with another of the artist's paintings, Moon Dance, yet here she unveils a different facet of her perception of the northern wilderness. The viewer joins the artist in a mountain valley at the onset of winter, compelled to take refuge from a sudden blizzard inside a hunter's cabin. This human dwelling becomes a precarious island of warmth amidst a mighty, frigid natural world. But for those who find the courage to step beyond its threshold, a reward awaits: the eye of the storm — a luminous moment of pristine sky, filled with the northern lights sweeping like the wingbeats of a colossal, awe-inspiring bird.
The Myth
Confronting time and cosmic forces.
A monumental wing of the aurora borealis flares above a mountain range, whose tactile surface — coarse, with cold fractures and granular snow — draws the gaze to the very essence of perpetual cold.
Below, on the pass, a tiny hut is barely discernible — the only trace of human presence.
The painting poses a question of scale, translating the synesthetic experience from natural grandeur to the existential, and revealing the ephemerality of civilization when confronted with the time and cosmic forces captured in Aurora's cold luminescence.
In this work, the artist's Northern Symphony culminates in its dramatic intensity, laying bare the profound fragility of human existence before the primordial forces of nature.
The painting was incorporated into the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition, presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture complemented by scientific experiments demonstrating the properties of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for any discerning collector, a powerful focal point for contemporary interiors, and an unforgettable gift that resonates with both beauty and deep narrative.
Details
Oil and relief on cotton canvas
50 × 70 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 27.6 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2506 / €2182
This artwork is closely aligned in atmosphere with another of the artist's paintings, Moon Dance, yet here she unveils a different facet of her perception of the northern wilderness. The viewer joins the artist in a mountain valley at the onset of winter, compelled to take refuge from a sudden blizzard inside a hunter's cabin. This human dwelling becomes a precarious island of warmth amidst a mighty, frigid natural world. But for those who find the courage to step beyond its threshold, a reward awaits: the eye of the storm — a luminous moment of pristine sky, filled with the northern lights sweeping like the wingbeats of a colossal, awe-inspiring bird.
The Myth
Confronting time and cosmic forces.
A monumental wing of the aurora borealis flares above a mountain range, whose tactile surface — coarse, with cold fractures and granular snow — draws the gaze to the very essence of perpetual cold.
Below, on the pass, a tiny hut is barely discernible — the only trace of human presence.
The painting poses a question of scale, translating the synesthetic experience from natural grandeur to the existential, and revealing the ephemerality of civilization when confronted with the time and cosmic forces captured in Aurora's cold luminescence.
In this work, the artist's Northern Symphony culminates in its dramatic intensity, laying bare the profound fragility of human existence before the primordial forces of nature.
The painting was incorporated into the artist's personal Art & Science project, Art as a Method of Cognition, presented at the St. Petersburg Planetarium in 2022 through an exhibition and a lecture complemented by scientific experiments demonstrating the properties of light, electricity, and magnetism.
An exceptional acquisition for any discerning collector, a powerful focal point for contemporary interiors, and an unforgettable gift that resonates with both beauty and deep narrative.
Details
Oil and relief on cotton canvas
50 × 70 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 27.6 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$2506 / €2182
Titanomachy
$
1748
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Titanomachy — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil & Relief on Canvas, Mythological Abstract Painting, 50×80 cm
This powerful metaphor on canvas draws from the epic Greek clash of Olympians and Titans, serving as the artist's profound commentary on the tumultuous changes reshaping our world. Titanomachy mirrors the perpetual battle between chaos and order, transformation and inertia, tradition and innovation — a conflict waged across continents and within every heart. However, beyond all strife — past or present, divine or mortal — harmony inevitably emerges. A new sun always ascends.
The Myth
The birth of a new world through a tangible difference in potentials.
The tactile surface of this painting resembles the crust of a planet — the canvas mass is transformed into a mountain range whose relief can be read by touch.
Above it, in cosmic space, two hands protrude voluminously like sculptural bas-reliefs: one carries fire with authority, the other pours water in a gesture of farewell.
Visually, the work engages in a dialogue with Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam through its use of relief, while channeling the eternal duality of fire and water. These opposing, yet inextricably linked elements are presented as the primal crucible of life itself.
The canvas becomes the field of a direct, physical collision of elements, where the viewer experiences the Titanomachy not as a myth, but as a material event: the birth of a new world through a tangible difference in potentials.
As a key piece in the series Art as a Method of Cognition, the painting was unveiled during a solo exhibition at the Saint Petersburg Planetarium in 2022.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to mythological abstraction and works that translate epic narrative into tactile, physical experience.
Details
Oil and relief on cotton-linen canvas
50 × 80 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 31.5 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1748 / €1522
This powerful metaphor on canvas draws from the epic Greek clash of Olympians and Titans, serving as the artist's profound commentary on the tumultuous changes reshaping our world. Titanomachy mirrors the perpetual battle between chaos and order, transformation and inertia, tradition and innovation — a conflict waged across continents and within every heart. However, beyond all strife — past or present, divine or mortal — harmony inevitably emerges. A new sun always ascends.
The Myth
The birth of a new world through a tangible difference in potentials.
The tactile surface of this painting resembles the crust of a planet — the canvas mass is transformed into a mountain range whose relief can be read by touch.
Above it, in cosmic space, two hands protrude voluminously like sculptural bas-reliefs: one carries fire with authority, the other pours water in a gesture of farewell.
Visually, the work engages in a dialogue with Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam through its use of relief, while channeling the eternal duality of fire and water. These opposing, yet inextricably linked elements are presented as the primal crucible of life itself.
The canvas becomes the field of a direct, physical collision of elements, where the viewer experiences the Titanomachy not as a myth, but as a material event: the birth of a new world through a tangible difference in potentials.
As a key piece in the series Art as a Method of Cognition, the painting was unveiled during a solo exhibition at the Saint Petersburg Planetarium in 2022.
An exceptional acquisition for collectors drawn to mythological abstraction and works that translate epic narrative into tactile, physical experience.
Details
Oil and relief on cotton-linen canvas
50 × 80 × 2 cm / 19.7 × 31.5 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2022 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1748 / €1522
The Snow Frog and the Sky Whale
$
1142
$
Snow Frog and Sky Whale — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil on Round Canvas, Eco-Fantasy Painting, 30 cm
The painting Snow Frog and Sky Whale once again immerses us in the artist's meditation on the interplay between the urban environment and the natural world. In her work, she seamlessly blends the scientific rationality of the present with the mystical way of seeing characteristic of the past. Thus, in the artist's vision, the night city is once again inhabited by wondrous creatures, invisible to the ordinary human eye. While people sleep, sea dwellers frolic at ease in the crisp, frosty air as if it were their native water, and the soft snowdrifts are populated by fluffy snow frogs that dine not on flies, but on snowflakes.
The Myth
Ecological fantasy as a method of scientific imagination.
The work The Snow Frog and Sky Whale explores the urban environment as a hybrid biotope, where the principles of biomimicry and animistic perception give rise to new ecological agents.
The artist does not oppose scientific reason to a mystical optic, but synthesizes them, creating a model of a system where the whale exists in the frosty air by the laws of hydrodynamics, and the snow frog becomes part of the cryosphere.
This work offers a tool for perceiving the city not as a confrontation between nature and technology, but as an environment for new symbioses, where ecological fantasy becomes a method of scientific imagination.
This painting is part of the eco-art series Mirror of Sky, Mirror of Water and was featured in the eco-art festivals The Living Gulf of Finland and Zooculture in St. Petersburg from 2022 to 2023.
An extraordinary addition to any modern interior and an unforgettable gift for collectors seeking meaningful, imaginative, and eco-conscious art.
Details
Oil on cotton canvas, tondo
30 × 30 × 2 cm / 11.8 × 11.8 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2023 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1142 / €995
The painting Snow Frog and Sky Whale once again immerses us in the artist's meditation on the interplay between the urban environment and the natural world. In her work, she seamlessly blends the scientific rationality of the present with the mystical way of seeing characteristic of the past. Thus, in the artist's vision, the night city is once again inhabited by wondrous creatures, invisible to the ordinary human eye. While people sleep, sea dwellers frolic at ease in the crisp, frosty air as if it were their native water, and the soft snowdrifts are populated by fluffy snow frogs that dine not on flies, but on snowflakes.
The Myth
Ecological fantasy as a method of scientific imagination.
The work The Snow Frog and Sky Whale explores the urban environment as a hybrid biotope, where the principles of biomimicry and animistic perception give rise to new ecological agents.
The artist does not oppose scientific reason to a mystical optic, but synthesizes them, creating a model of a system where the whale exists in the frosty air by the laws of hydrodynamics, and the snow frog becomes part of the cryosphere.
This work offers a tool for perceiving the city not as a confrontation between nature and technology, but as an environment for new symbioses, where ecological fantasy becomes a method of scientific imagination.
This painting is part of the eco-art series Mirror of Sky, Mirror of Water and was featured in the eco-art festivals The Living Gulf of Finland and Zooculture in St. Petersburg from 2022 to 2023.
An extraordinary addition to any modern interior and an unforgettable gift for collectors seeking meaningful, imaginative, and eco-conscious art.
Details
Oil on cotton canvas, tondo
30 × 30 × 2 cm / 11.8 × 11.8 × 0.8 in
© Daria Harlauta 2023 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1142 / €995
Whale Songs
$
1604
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Whale Songs — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil & Gold Leaf on Linen, Celestial Cityscape Painting, 60×80 cm
The artist's hometown is defined by a dramatic, ever-shifting sky — a vast canopy under which clouds sail at great speed. This is a sky shaped by the sea — a temperament both fluid and fiercely independent. It is a realm containing time itself, home to wandering birds and the sagacious beings of the deep. The only requirement is to stop, look up, and truly see.
The Myth
An acoustic-light membrane between the city and the sky.
A synesthetic model translating the acoustic waves of whale song into the language of a luminous atmosphere. The work captures a moment of resonance, where low-frequency oscillations from the depths of the sky become visible in the vibration of gold leaf and patina.
This is a visualization of extrasensory perception, making invisible data accessible to intuitive experience.
Whale Songs is rendered in a vigorous, uninhibited technique, its brushwork embodying the warmth and radiant light of a coastal summer. The painting immerses the viewer in a cityscape that feels watched over by a profound, gentle wisdom. It is a place where silence, in hidden courtyards and snug alleyways, is filled with the haunting, beautiful songs of celestial whales.
The painting aligns with the current Art & Science trend — the shift from illustration to creating empathic environments for understanding non-human phenomena. It functions as a unique artifact, allowing the viewer to feel themselves a part of an acoustic-light membrane between the city and the sky.
Perfect for modern interiors seeking a touch of the sublime, and as an unforgettable gift.
Details
Oil, gold leaf, and patina on linen canvas
60 × 80 × 2.5 cm / 23.6 × 31.5 × 1 in
© Daria Harlauta 2021 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1604 / €1397
The artist's hometown is defined by a dramatic, ever-shifting sky — a vast canopy under which clouds sail at great speed. This is a sky shaped by the sea — a temperament both fluid and fiercely independent. It is a realm containing time itself, home to wandering birds and the sagacious beings of the deep. The only requirement is to stop, look up, and truly see.
The Myth
An acoustic-light membrane between the city and the sky.
A synesthetic model translating the acoustic waves of whale song into the language of a luminous atmosphere. The work captures a moment of resonance, where low-frequency oscillations from the depths of the sky become visible in the vibration of gold leaf and patina.
This is a visualization of extrasensory perception, making invisible data accessible to intuitive experience.
Whale Songs is rendered in a vigorous, uninhibited technique, its brushwork embodying the warmth and radiant light of a coastal summer. The painting immerses the viewer in a cityscape that feels watched over by a profound, gentle wisdom. It is a place where silence, in hidden courtyards and snug alleyways, is filled with the haunting, beautiful songs of celestial whales.
The painting aligns with the current Art & Science trend — the shift from illustration to creating empathic environments for understanding non-human phenomena. It functions as a unique artifact, allowing the viewer to feel themselves a part of an acoustic-light membrane between the city and the sky.
Perfect for modern interiors seeking a touch of the sublime, and as an unforgettable gift.
Details
Oil, gold leaf, and patina on linen canvas
60 × 80 × 2.5 cm / 23.6 × 31.5 × 1 in
© Daria Harlauta 2021 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1604 / €1397
Gravitation
$
1604
$
Gravitation — Original Sensory Alchemy Oil, Gold & Silver Leaf on Board, Cosmic Abstract Painting, 55×50 cm
Created in a mixed-media abstract style, this painterly fantasy gives form to a profound physical axiom. It proposes that the principle of "like attracting like" is bound to our earthly, Newtonian perspective. The cosmos, by contrast, operates by a different logic. Here, the ultimate attractor — the force that draws together the most diverse entities — is not similarity, but enduring stability and visionary clarity.
The Myth
A cognitive shift from terrestrial mechanics to the cosmic dynamics of connections.
The artist employs abstract forms and mixed media to visualize a fundamental transition in physical laws. Newton's principle of gravitation ("like attracts like") is confronted here with cosmological scales, where attraction is born not from similarity but from structural integrity.
This work functions as a thought experiment, translating a theoretical model into the language of plasticity and colour, making it accessible to intuitive comprehension.
Within the Art & Science framework, it serves as a tool for shifting perspective — prompting the viewer to experience a cognitive shift from terrestrial mechanics to the cosmic dynamics of connections.
As part of the seminal series Art as a Method of Cognition, this piece was first exhibited at the Planetarium in Saint Petersburg during a 2022 solo show.
An ideal choice for collectors seeking unique, thought-provoking art that bridges the gap between science and imagination. This piece is not only a remarkable addition to a contemporary art collection but also a perfect gift for those who appreciate art that stimulates the mind and elevates the spirit.
Details
Oil, gold and silver leaf on hardboard
55 × 50 × 1 cm / 21.7 × 19.7 × 0.4 in
60 × 57 × 2.5 cm / 23.6 × 22.4 × 1 in (framed)
© Daria Harlauta 2021 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1604 / €1397
Created in a mixed-media abstract style, this painterly fantasy gives form to a profound physical axiom. It proposes that the principle of "like attracting like" is bound to our earthly, Newtonian perspective. The cosmos, by contrast, operates by a different logic. Here, the ultimate attractor — the force that draws together the most diverse entities — is not similarity, but enduring stability and visionary clarity.
The Myth
A cognitive shift from terrestrial mechanics to the cosmic dynamics of connections.
The artist employs abstract forms and mixed media to visualize a fundamental transition in physical laws. Newton's principle of gravitation ("like attracts like") is confronted here with cosmological scales, where attraction is born not from similarity but from structural integrity.
This work functions as a thought experiment, translating a theoretical model into the language of plasticity and colour, making it accessible to intuitive comprehension.
Within the Art & Science framework, it serves as a tool for shifting perspective — prompting the viewer to experience a cognitive shift from terrestrial mechanics to the cosmic dynamics of connections.
As part of the seminal series Art as a Method of Cognition, this piece was first exhibited at the Planetarium in Saint Petersburg during a 2022 solo show.
An ideal choice for collectors seeking unique, thought-provoking art that bridges the gap between science and imagination. This piece is not only a remarkable addition to a contemporary art collection but also a perfect gift for those who appreciate art that stimulates the mind and elevates the spirit.
Details
Oil, gold and silver leaf on hardboard
55 × 50 × 1 cm / 21.7 × 19.7 × 0.4 in
60 × 57 × 2.5 cm / 23.6 × 22.4 × 1 in (framed)
© Daria Harlauta 2021 (signed & certified)
Price (with worldwide delivery included)
$1604 / €1397
The Facets of Myth:
Art as a Method of Cognition (2022)
Planetarium, Saint Petersburg
I spent time in the Arctic — Kola Peninsula, Northern Norway. Not to paint pretty landscapes. To listen.
I recorded magnetic fields, the sound of wind over stone, the way light moves across the tundra. Then I came back to the studio and translated all of it into paint, sound, and even smell. Because for me, art is not about illustrating facts. It's a way of knowing the world.
This project was born from that belief. It's not just a series of paintings. It's a room you walk into. There's a scent in the air. There's music — played on a Hang, an instrument that sounds like water dropping on metal. And on the walls, layers of airbrush, mineral pigments, and textured relief that mimic the actual topography of the places I visited.
I worked with a composer and a perfumer to make it feel real. Not because science needs decoration. But because some things — the pull of the north, the weight of an aurora — can't be explained with numbers alone.
This is not art about science. This is art as science. A different kind of laboratory.
Planetarium, Saint Petersburg
I spent time in the Arctic — Kola Peninsula, Northern Norway. Not to paint pretty landscapes. To listen.
I recorded magnetic fields, the sound of wind over stone, the way light moves across the tundra. Then I came back to the studio and translated all of it into paint, sound, and even smell. Because for me, art is not about illustrating facts. It's a way of knowing the world.
This project was born from that belief. It's not just a series of paintings. It's a room you walk into. There's a scent in the air. There's music — played on a Hang, an instrument that sounds like water dropping on metal. And on the walls, layers of airbrush, mineral pigments, and textured relief that mimic the actual topography of the places I visited.
I worked with a composer and a perfumer to make it feel real. Not because science needs decoration. But because some things — the pull of the north, the weight of an aurora — can't be explained with numbers alone.
This is not art about science. This is art as science. A different kind of laboratory.
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