Lev Khesin’s work is shaped by patience, focus, and a deep trust in material and process. Working primarily with pigmented silicone, he builds his paintings slowly, layer by layer. Each layer requires time to settle and the final work emerges through repetition, concentration, and a constant negotiation between control and letting go.

Khesin often describes his process as a form of practice rather than production. Similar to meditative disciplines, each gesture is carried out with full attention to the present moment. His paintings are not images in a traditional sense, but traces of time, movement, and presence. Light plays a central role: it enters the translucent layers, causing color to shift, glow, and deepen depending on the viewer’s position and the surrounding space.

Although the technical approach remains consistent, Khesin’s work has evolved noticeably over the years. Earlier pieces emphasized the tension between artificial material and organic appearance. In more recent works, the focus has shifted toward depth and immersion. The surfaces draw the viewer inward, opening up quiet, contemplative spaces that can evoke landscapes, bodily sensations, or spiritual associations without ever becoming figurative.
Khesin’s paintings unfold through looking. They resist quick consumption and instead invite the viewer to slow down and move in front of them. As one changes position, layers appear and disappear, opacity turns into transparency, and new spatial impressions emerge.