Caprice of the Muses

Yurii Laptev
“The Muse’s Caprice”, 2021
Technique: watercolor on torchon paper
Size: 42×59 cm (unframed)
Framed: Italian wooden frame, under glass
In this exquisite watercolor, Ukrainian surrealist Yurii Laptev explores the fragile boundary between inspiration and madness.
“The Muse’s Caprice” is a poetic allegory of the creative process — where imagination turns the ruins of reality into a landscape of dreams.
The composition is filled with symbolism, mythological allusions, and a refined surrealist tension that invites deep contemplation.
Laptev’s works are held in private collections in the USA, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, and Ukraine.
In June 2022, his painting “White Submarine” entered the personal art collection of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine.