Amalfi Coast (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by BAST

Mixed media painting made with acrylic paints, collage, mirrors. The base is a canvas on a wooden stretcher.

This place seems to have been dreamed up by a dream itself: a place where the sun can be seen, felt, and even peered into. The enormous golden mirror at the top of the composition becomes not just a source of light, but a veritable portal between reality and fantasy. It reflects the sky, space, and perhaps even the viewer, inviting them to briefly become part of this fantasy world.

Sunny flowers bloom around, delicate white daisies, and butterflies flutter. Below, a vibrant seascape with a whimsical rocky town, as if straight out of a fairy tale. Conventional boundaries exist here: the town meets the sea, the sea meets the blooming garden, and the real sun breaks beyond the canvas. Every detail seems to speak of a place that never existed, yet somehow feels remarkably familiar.

This work is part of the "Impossible Landscapes" series from the artist's "When Worlds Touch" cycle. In this series, the artist combines the incompatible and creates spaces that could not exist in reality, but can easily exist in the imagination. Here, geography gives way to fantasy, and the familiar landscape becomes a journey between worlds.

"Amalfi Coast" is an invitation to believe that somewhere, somewhere, there exists a place where summer never ends, the sea is always azure, butterflies know their way to the sun, and dreams have their own address.

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About artist:

BAST creates artworks in a decorative style, likes to experiment with materials: mosaics, precious stones, glass, paints, texture, etc.

Irina became a laureate of the Recycling Art competition and presented her project at the large citywide festival ARTification.

The artist participated in 23 exhibitions in the USA, Canada, Russia, China and Europe.

In addition, Irina was awarded the diplomas "Best Works of 2016", "Best Works of 2019", a special diploma for creativity (International Association VATIKAM, France, Paris) and has a letter of thanks from the Luxembourg Art Prize.

The artist has publications in the following magazines: Bonart cultural (Spain), BONART Cultural, Girona (Spain), CONTEMPORAIN (France), Woman (Russia), Objectsmag (Rivista online indipendente, Italy), Poramoralarte (Spain), The News God (USA), GlamourBuff (USA).

Irina's artworks are kept in the collections of ArtMuse Contemporary Art Museum (Russia, St. Petersburg) and Art Recycling Museum (Russia, Kaluga), Ecological Museum MUMUKA (Russia, Kaliningrad).

Irina's paintings are in private collections in 28 countries

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Materials used:

Mixed media painting made with acrylic paints, collage, mirrors. The base is a canvas on a wooden stretcher

Details:

• Mixed-media painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 50 x 80 x 3cm (unframed)
• Ready to hang
• Signed certificate of authenticity
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky