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“Last Pier” Acrylic on canvas, 100 × 140 cm, 2021 Several people have asked me what the title of this painting means. In English, it seems to sound a little different from what I mean in Russian. The Russian expression “the last pier” can mean the last refuge, the final place where we come to stay. In fact, this painting carries a note of sadness. Autumn here is a metaphor for the sunset of life but I don’t see it only as something sad. It is also a time when we have an opportunity to look back, to rethink who we are, what we have become, and where our journey has taken us. We all eventually come to the same end. Each of us will have our own “last pier.” What matters is how we travel the road that leads us there and whether we can walk it with dignity. The building in the painting is a retirement home. Perhaps that makes the meaning of the title a little clearer. But for me, the painting is not really about old age. It is about the journey of life, its inevitable autumn, and the quiet beauty that can still be found there.