Original artwork description:

Oil on Canvas 90x90 cm
Year: 2020

There is so much unknown, undiscovered and mysterious about the ocean. So much of what is taught to us encourages fear. We learn about rips and currents, big waves and sharks, we hear of drownings and deaths and are told to obey flags and rules. But anyone lucky enough to live near it, anyone who is able to swim, dive or surf in it, knows just how magical, liberating and life-enhancing the ocean can be. My images are inspired by this dichotomy of fear and love that overwhelms our relationship with the ocean.

This series of works intends to capture that feeling of sublime freedom that exists underwater, a place where we can be simultaneously vulnerable and unrestrained. There is a raw beauty in being stripped back to our natural state, this underwater world giving us permission to release the shackles and constraints of our everyday human experience and become weightless, brave, floating and free. When we confront what scares us, we remove its power and in that way our greatest fears can become our greatest freedom.

I chose women as the subject of these images because, for me, there is something beautiful in the fluidity and grace of the female form that embodies the emotional and spiritual essence of freedom. An elegance of movement that seems entirely at home in the dappled light, patterns, and reflections beneath the surface of the ocean.

DETAILS
● 100% original hand-painted
● The painting is textured
● The picture is painted with high quality oil paints on the canvas.
● The painting is covered with varnish resistant to thermal and mechanical damage.
● Ready to hang, framing is not required, edges painted
● This original artwork is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
● I use all professional packing materials to make sure your artwork gets to you safely wherever in the world you may live.

Materials used:

Oil

Tags:

#nude #sea #swimming #ocean #sea life #seaside painting #underwater #ocean escape #ocean art #seaside colours #ocean power #ukrainian art