Maryan Besaga

After the Storm II (2011) continues the early cycle of works that would later shape the conceptual framework of The Day After Tomorrow series. The painting captures a fleeting state following a storm — a moment when the tension has already subsided, yet the sky still retains its energy.

The earth almost disappears, reduced to a narrow dark strip at the bottom of the composition. Above it unfolds a monumental expanse of sky, where light and clouds form an ever-changing painterly substance. The familiar landscape loses its specificity, giving way to a sense of boundlessness.

Warm light penetrating the cool blue-violet space creates an impression of inner luminosity. Individual openings in the clouds appear almost like signs or passages into another reality, yet their meaning remains undefined. Nature offers no answers — it merely opens a space for imagination.

After the Storm II continues the exploration of the relationship between the visible and the unknown. Silence follows the storm, but it is now a different kind of silence — one filled with the memory of what has been experienced and the anticipation of what may emerge next. The sky becomes a space between event and anticipation, between reality and possibility.