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- 160
- Added
- Mar 21, 2019
Breath
Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40 × 30 cm
- Year
- 2019
A human face dissolves under dark vertical streaks of blue, green and brown paint, eyes and lips barely visible through the drips.
- Style
- Expressionism
- Mood
- Mysterious
- Themes
- Portrait · Figurative · Abstract
Purchase & delivery
When you request a painting, we'll let you know its availability and price. The artwork can be reserved for you on request.
- Payment
PayPal, bank transfer, and Paysend are accepted.
- Shipping
Economy: ~1 month
EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
- Returns
7-day return
Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
A ghostly face emerges from a field of vertical drips and smears: faint eyes, a nose and lips are legible beneath cascades of paint that seem to pour down the canvas like rain or a veil, dissolving the features into the surrounding darkness.
Painted in near-monochrome blues, greens and blackish browns with pale cream streaks marking the highlights of the face, the surface is built by dragging and dripping thick paint vertically, leaving a rough, weathered texture. The mood is dark, hushed and mysterious, closer to a sensation of breath or vapor than a likeness.
