Once at the Museum, 36" x 36"

Acrylic Paste and Acrylic on Canvas. 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches. 

Inscription on the side of the painting: "Each our choosing is the choosing 'twixt good and ill, 'twixt truth and falsehood, 'twixt faith and forsaking."

Part of the 'Choice' collection.

“ This work explores the nature of choice and the decisions we make without fully realizing it. Rather than presenting a contrast between good and bad, the painting focuses on the moment a choice is made unconsciously, before we understand where it may lead. I am interested in how seemingly insignificant actions and everyday decisions gradually shape the direction of our lives. As Carl Jung wrote: 'Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate.'

'Choice' is a conceptual painting project that explores themes of morality, personal responsibility, emotional transformation, and the search for meaning in contemporary life. Through symbolic imagery, reduced visual language, and text written in Old English, the project creates contemplative spaces encouraging slower reflection and inner dialogue with the viewer. The works are rooted in personal experience, migration, the rebuilding of identity, and the psychological weight of human decisions in modern society. Rather than offering fixed narratives, the paintings remain open to interpretation, inviting viewers to confront their own emotional and philosophical associations.”

Russian-born, Dubai-based artist Olga Puzikova creates personal and concept-driven work focused on meaning, transformation, and the relationship between emotion and form. A significant turning point in her practice came through migration and the process of rebuilding life from scratch in a new cultural environment while caring for a young child.

This experience deeply reshaped Olga’s perspective and became a powerful catalyst for artistic development, fundamentally transforming her approach to image-making and meaning. It marked what she describes as a complete reorientation of my creative language. Now based in Dubai, her perspective continues to evolve through ongoing cultural transition, which informs both my artistic language and conceptual direction.

*Painting will be shipped directly from the artist’s studio in Dubai. Import duties are the responsibility of the client.