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Adam and Eve with a Bowl of Mangoes by Olga Bakhtina

The painting is one of the 2021 series of ‘Garden of Eden’ in which every work is a story being told. It’s an attempt to create a dreamy new world of harmony, a civilisation of peace and serenity, where dreams come true, and worries do not exist. The series is about humanity, about what truly matters: love, romance, keeping childhood dreams, believing in miracles, the love of adventure, and finding harmony. It is an optimist’s visual feast in which I honour the human spirit, strength, and courage. Artistically, the series is about finding harmony through the balance of colours and geometrical shapes. It is also about finding a stylised metaphorical language, a kind of a child’s simplified way of telling a story. Through the classical approach with a contemporary twist, the series was an ambitious attempt to give the images the air of a parable, as well as the grace and grandeur of Renaissance frescoes. Though it was not specified which forbidden fruit caused Adam and Eve’‘s fall in the Bible, we used to think it was an apple. In this painting, Eve is offering Adam a mango. Who knows, maybe, if Adam took a mango instead of the apple, they would be still in the Garden of Eden and the history of mankind would be very different. Size: 91cm x 91cm x 4cm. Ready to hang. Edges painted black. Can be hung framed or unframed.