Arizona's dream (2017) Original Acrylic Painting by Catalin Ilinca

When conceiving this artwork, I was inspired by Lars Von Trier's movie Melancholia.

It's about the contemplative attitude during a catastrophic event, about the refusal to face a tough reality. My artwork is a visual metaphor of human weakness counterposed to the imminent force of nature... or maybe chance?

It belongs to my "Magic Expressionism" series. It is not expressionism, surrealism, post-modernism, or new abstract etc. It's a paraphrase to the concept of "Magic Realism" - that generally describes the well known artistic movement in the South American Literature, but not only -, brought to the field of visual arts.


- the exact size is 145 x 99 cm / 57.1 x 39 inches.
- I applied to it more isolating layers of satin final varnish.
- it has about 7-8 cm (3 inches) extra white margin on the edges, in order to be stretched on wooden frame later on.

Materials used:

acrylic, varnish, gesso, canvas

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 99 x 145 x 0.1cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: People and portraits