Abstract
$1,240.00
Acrylic ob canvas.
20x30x1.50"
"Before Dawn" is an abstract painting that captures the ethereal quality of early morning light. The canvas is dominated by soft, misty shades of gray and white, reminiscent of fog lifting from a landscape. Subtle touches of pale blue and hints of warmth suggest the first tentative rays of sunlight beginning to penetrate the darkness. The heavily textured surface, with its layers of paint and visible brushstrokes, evokes the rough, damp feeling of a world still wrapped in night's embrace, slowly awakening to a new day. This piece conveys a sense of quiet anticipation and the gentle transition from night to daybreak.
$300.00
Composite digital photography (framed and matted).
20x28"
Limited edition 1 of 20.
$300.00
Composite digital photography (framed and matted).
20x28"
Limited edition 1 of 20.
$520.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
12x12"
This mixed media artwork is on a circular birch wood panel. For the artist it represents an abstract underwater swirl of life forms.
$600.00
Acrylic on canvas.
16x12"
“Beginnings” explores the beauty and calamity of change. Each element of the painting captures this duality. The blue background is a rough and motive sea - disturbed into darker blues by the creatures that move through it. Yet that same blue is the calm colour of space and freedom. Abstracted figures dominate the scene: flying dragons, eagles preying on snakes, but also quieter creatures - mollusks and amoeba - hints at the potential of evolution. Both the eagle and the dragon are nascent . Who knows what they could become?
At first glance, the colours are joyfully vibrant, but they also tell of struggle. In the warm colours, there is the burning of birth, claret blood diffusing through water. These liquids - rich with salt and pain are the beginnings and the substances of life. There are also the pinker colours of sunrise, the juices of ripe fruit, the green of lush, underwater grasses.
The texture of the work reveals the process of its creation. There are visible layers of acrylic, imperfectly smoothed, brush strokes around smaller details and thick, poured paint that has dried into islands of tangible texture.
Change is abstraction. Transformation resists being captured in a clearly interpretable image. But if we do hold it still for a moment, in all its weirdness, we see all the wonders and terrors it has to offer.
$1,300.00
Acrylic on canvas.
60x36"
This huge canvas full of wonderful abstracted florals is a real statement piece. Powerful yet soft and fun all at the same time!
Check out my YouTube channel to see how this was created:
https://linktr.ee/sorayasilvestriartist
$150.00
Mixed media on wood panel.
9x12"
Mixed Media on Canadian Birch Wood
9 x 12 inches
2020
(Certificate of Authenticity included)
“Beholden” is one of the couple paintings in the Lucid Collection with bright magentas contrasting the blues. I wanted to add a contrasting colour to these beautiful serene blues as a reminder that inner peace is not a linear process, there are always detours in our progress. Through accountability and self-forgiveness I’m slowing learning how to behold my life.
This mixed media painting has multiple layers of various materials including inks, acrylics, pigments, and resin. Each layer acts as a painting of its own while it complements the layers beneath it. Every layer is sealed with UV protective resin, until the painting is complete.
With this body of work, I am aiming to use colour opacities to ignite emotional clarity, portray the beauty that can be found in fear. The painting adapts itself to different lighting and you can see so many different hues depending on how the light hits it! I hope you can get lost in the layers and intricate details like I have!
This painting is signed and dated and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
It will be shipped via Priority Shipping through Canada Post with tracking. Please note that due to COVID-19 there are major delays with mailing services and “Guaranteed Delivery” dates are only estimates.
If you have any questions about “Beholden” please email me at: niktorresdesigns@gmail.com