Soul Eater

“Soul Eater” by Peter Bogdanov – Live Painting Series
Acrylic on Canvas | Original Work | Available Exclusively at Bogdanov Studio
There are faces we recognize. And then—there are presences.
“Soul Eater” captures a haunting entity in the moment just before—or just after—it speaks, breathes, or remembers. Painted live and in one uninterrupted session by acclaimed artist Peter Bogdanov, this work belongs to his emotionally charged Live Painting Series, where every mark is made under the pressure of time, audience, and raw instinct.
This particular piece centers on the head and elongated neck of a gaunt, inhuman figure. Smooth and skeletal, its form is both alien and familiar, like a creature half-remembered from dream or myth. There are no clear facial features—just shadowed contours, ridged bone structures, and an almost ceremonial stillness that dares the viewer to make meaning. Its neck stretches upward, delicate and tense, suggesting awareness without expression… presence without permission.
Ghostly green light seeps through the trees in the background, illuminating the creature not with warmth, but with unease. The woods behind it feel claustrophobic, as if they too are silent witnesses to something ancient and unresolved. As with all of Bogdanov’s live pieces, “Soul Eater” carries the breath of its birth—the tension between performance and permanence.
This is not simply a painting—it’s a relic of a moment where the veil between imagination and apparition thinned.