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Painting description

Between two split trunks, like curtains, a stage unfolds in hues of lavender, honey, and smoky purple. From thick, glossy paint laid on with a palette knife, twisted boughs rise, and in the background sad sunflowers sway like sentries. On a pale, oval clearing, elongated figures of children slip around in a circle, part dance, part escape. Those children run, and I would run there too. The atmosphere is soft yet weird, like a dream after dusk. The impasto forms rough edges and a grainy sheen; the brushstrokes leave seams. The composition is theatrical, framed by the trunks, leading the eye through a tunnel of light toward semi-transparent flowers. I feel nostalgia and a stab of fear, as if the fairy tale were about to veer into darkness. Maybe it’s a memory of play that a shadow interrupted.

A square circle... from the series - Nursery rhymes

  • Cat. no.: rt225
  • dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
  • Price: Price by email
Painting category
Searches direction
Type of medium used:
Oil painting
Type of material:
canvas
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