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And Yet It Still Shines (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by Viki Smoliar
50 x 60 x 1.5cm (unframed)
£450.01
Original artwork description
In this work, I explore the moment when light does not disappear, even when it seems hidden beneath layers of noise, time, and experience. The surface of the painting is intentionally uneven; I treat texture as memory- it accumulates traces, erases them, and reveals them again.
The upper part is built on cool tones -a space of uncertainty, depth, and inner searching. There are no defined forms here, only a sense of movement and breathing. At the center, there is a subtle glow, like a thought or feeling that has not yet taken shape, but already exists.
The lower part is both a contrast and a foundation. Warm yellows and golden tones do not merely depict light -they become it. This is not an external source, but a state — an energy that remains even as everything else changes.
For me, this work is about inner resilience. About how light is not always obvious or bright, yet it continues to exist- quietly, persistently, inevitably.
Tags: abstract art, contemporary painting, textured painting, blue and yellow, light and darkness, emotional art, modern art, acrylic painting, expressive texture, inner light, resilience, minimal composition
Materials used:
acrylic, Spray paint, ink
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 60 x 1.5cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Tags:
#blue#abstract art#contemporary painting#minimal abstract#textured painting#emotional art#yelleow#expressive texture
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Original artwork description
In this work, I explore the moment when light does not disappear, even when it seems hidden beneath layers of noise, time, and experience. The surface of the painting is intentionally uneven; I treat texture as memory- it accumulates traces, erases them, and reveals them again.
The upper part is built on cool tones -a space of uncertainty, depth, and inner searching. There are no defined forms here, only a sense of movement and breathing. At the center, there is a subtle glow, like a thought or feeling that has not yet taken shape, but already exists.
The lower part is both a contrast and a foundation. Warm yellows and golden tones do not merely depict light -they become it. This is not an external source, but a state — an energy that remains even as everything else changes.
For me, this work is about inner resilience. About how light is not always obvious or bright, yet it continues to exist- quietly, persistently, inevitably.
Tags: abstract art, contemporary painting, textured painting, blue and yellow, light and darkness, emotional art, modern art, acrylic painting, expressive texture, inner light, resilience, minimal composition
Materials used:
acrylic, Spray paint, ink
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 60 x 1.5cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Tags:
#blue#abstract art#contemporary painting#minimal abstract#textured painting#emotional art#yelleow#expressive texture