Original artwork description:

FROM SOURCE TO SEA
diptych 2020
acrylic and oil on canvas
250 (w) x 150 (h) x 4 cm
98,4 (w) x 59,1 (h) x 1,6 in

2 LARGE-SIZED PAINTINGS
LARGE-SIZED TRILOGY AS DIPTYCH

This diptych is inspired by the sea as a never-ending melancholic, bittersweet but beautiful and poetical inspiration. Early in the morning – at noontime – in the evening hours. Down by the sea, lights and colors, wind speed and directions are very different during the day and during the seasons. There are commonalities, but every phase stays independent und has its very own feelings. The sea was, is and always will be a major place of longing for humans. The numeration is almost limitless: brightness, the Azure, summer (although I love the hibernal sea too), sand, waves, never-ending noises of breakers and sea gulls, salt in the mouth and at the skin. Wanderlust and downtime. It is the quiet life down by the oceanside. The sea deeply touches in its nativeness, autarchy, also destructiveness and its existence from the beginning to the end of all times. Every one of us ties his own stories with the sea. The diptych combines two pieces of my series of works with the title SUBZERO from aesthetic standpoints as well as with regard to contents and should "read" from left to right:

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left part of the diptych (the source):
A LOVE SO DEEP THE OCEAN WOULD BE JEALOUS
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2019
59,1 (h) x 47,2 (w) x 1,6 in / 150 (h) x 120 (w) x 4 cm

You smile. As you always do. You look like an angel in the fading light. Ocean winds from the South pet your hair. A perfect muse to the painter. Life imitates art, sometimes. For a little while. But not today. No candle in your window. Your beauty will not lead us back to light. The dark before the dawn is my companion. Far away from your specious and dying sun. Where no beam of light warms the sea. Do you remember this place? Do you remember the beginning? A love so deep the ocean would be jealous. This is what we came for. Deeper than the sea. Freediving to the deepest ocean bed. Back to the surface, head above the stormy water. Do you still remember? A love so deep the ocean would be jealous. Behind the horizon, beyond the sea, maybe. A love so high the mountains would fall silent. Under an undiscovered star, in a different universe, maybe. Life imitates art. Sometimes. Life imitates poetry. Sometimes. And sometimes not.

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right part of the diptych (the sea):
LET THE OCEAN BRING ME BACK SOME MEMORIES OF YOU
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2019
59,1 (h) x 47,2 (w) x 1,6 in / 150 (h) x 120 (w) x 4 cm

The ocean washes up hopes, daydreams and a bittersweet yesterday. Every one of us ties his own stories with the sea. And my story book has a chapter titled with your name. Where do we come from? Different time, different world. Is there a deeper meaning in these melancholic moments of arrivals and farewells? Faces and emotions come and go unceasingly, and in the middle of all these travels burns a soul full of nostalgia and insomnia. At least the ocean knows about the scars we wear. And at least the ocean brings me back some memories of you.

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“I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.”
~ Dejan Stojanovic (ex: The Shape)

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This diptych is a true LARGE-SIZED ARTWORK. For a large-scale, aesthetic and colourful impression on your wall AND as my authentic and personal artwork with an artistic subsurface message. Both paintings are also for sale as single pieces or as parts of the quadriptych DEEP BLUE DAYS DOWN BY THE SEA. This specific diptych offers a price advantage in comparision to the summarized single selling prices. For further information about the specific topic of each artwork and additional photos please visit the pages of the 2 single paintings.

I use exclusively oil and acrylic colors, canvas and solid wooden frames in a professional museum quality. The two paintings bear my signature on the front and they are signed, entitled and dated on the backside. Deliberately the XL-sides/edges (1,6 in / 4 cm wide) are not part of the paintings and show the black painted canvas (beautiful contrast). The paintings are ready to hang (on the backsides: high-quality iron plates with metal inserts and nylon rope for gallery use), unframed and don’t need a frame or any additional surface treatment. Both paintings have a single hanging (no backside connections between the paintings). This diptych consists of 2 single paintings, each in acrylic and oil on canvas and with dimensions of 59,1 (h) x 47,2 (w) in / 150 (h) x 120 (w) cm. I prefer a hanging distance each of 3,94 in / 10 cm between the 3 single paintings. Complete dimensions of this artwork, including the hanging space between the single paintings: 250 (w) x 150 (h) x 4 cm - 98,4 (w) x 59,1 (h) x 1,6 inches.

The artwork (2 paintings) will be safely shipped in a custom wooden crate. It will be accompanied by a cover letter and a certificate of authenticity. Please note: In context pictures are not necessarily to scale and are for illustrative purposes only. If you have any questions about this diptych or any other piece, feel free to contact me and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks so much for taking an interest in my work.

Warm wishes,
Christian

Materials used:

acrylic and oil on canvas

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