Unrealistic

This oil painting is a visual manifesto of Surrealism, combining artisanal perfection with absurd elements. The title itself is a statement: it plays with the viewer's expectation of a realistic still life and then breaks it with impossible scales and smoky metaphors.

The World of Paradoxes:

• Leaps of Scale: In the foreground, a tiny, smoking steamboat navigates a suggested body of water located directly on the table next to a sliced orange. The orange appears gigantic compared to the boat – a reversal of real-world proportions.
• Craft and Tools: A massive wooden plane dominates the center. It appears to have peeled the orange's rind like a wood shaving. Behind it, antique pitchers and vessels rise, reminiscent of alchemy or bygone eras.
• The Tree of Brass: From a tall, narrow brass vessel, a twisted, bare branch grows upward, coiling like smoke into the dark background. It symbolizes organic life emerging from cold matter.
• Floating Reality: At the top of the image, a paintbrush and a pencil – the tools of the creator – float, hanging like divine instruments over the scene, reminding us that this entire world is an artist's construction.