Faith and Fate
In his canvasFaith and Fate, painterDimitri Sirenkoasks viewers to interpret a powerful scene from nature.
How the scene ends is for us to decide.
Looking into it further, he came across a few documentaries that discussed this phenomenon.
“Faith and Fate”
This included the BBC’sTrials of Lifeby Sir David Attenborough.
It’s this tension that Sirenko draws from in the skillfully painted piece.
As the killer whale crashes through the wave, we see light filtering through the water.
To maximize the tension, Sirenko gives us a spectacular moment of anticipation.
Is it the seal who has faith that it will survive?
Or the killer whale who has faith that it will return to the waters after beaching itself?
And whose fate is really sealed?
By leaving the ending open to interpretation, Sirenko asks us to fill in the blanks.
But it doesnt show the outcome.
The outcome of this scenario is in each persons hands and minds.
I hope that people can overcome their obstacles no matter how difficult or impossible they may seem.
Sirenko sells prints, as well as commissioned reproductions ofFaith and Fateonhis website.
Dimitri Sirenko’s paintingFaith and Fate(above) asks us to decide how the scene concludes.
His similar piece,Sealed Fatealso has an ambiguous ending.
