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Original artwork description:
Black Copper No. 2 is a meditation on warmth and gravity — a surface of burnished copper tones layered with shadow and texture, flowing downward into earthen vertical streaks. Painted in oil and acrylic on natural cork, carefully wrapped around a wooden frame and gallery-stretched like a canvas, the work captures light as both glow and residue, echoing oxidation, erosion, and elemental time.
Part of my Cork Series, this piece is deeply connected to my Portuguese roots — a return to nature, rawness, and simplicity. Cork is 100% natural, reusable, and recyclable. It is harvested without cutting trees; cork oaks regenerate after each harvest, sustaining biodiversity and rural livelihoods.
To paint on cork is to collaborate with the land. The surface is not merely a backdrop but a living material, carrying its own voice of sustainability. Black Copper No. 2 reveals a dialogue between richness and decay, permanence and transformation — a reflection on beauty grounded in earth yet touched by fire.
Materials used:
Oil and Aacrylic on cork fabric stretched on a wood frame, gallery wrapped
Tags:
#oil #nature #texture #modern #large #wood #cork #metallic #statement piece #elegant #iridescent #minimalist #copper #sustainableBlack Copper N.º 2 (On Cork) (2023) Oil painting
by Carla Sá Fernandes
144 Artist Reviews
£3,980.65
- Oil painting on Other
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 100 x 125 x 4cm / 100 x 125cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
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Original artwork description
Black Copper No. 2 is a meditation on warmth and gravity — a surface of burnished copper tones layered with shadow and texture, flowing downward into earthen vertical streaks. Painted in oil and acrylic on natural cork, carefully wrapped around a wooden frame and gallery-stretched like a canvas, the work captures light as both glow and residue, echoing oxidation, erosion, and elemental time.
Part of my Cork Series, this piece is deeply connected to my Portuguese roots — a return to nature, rawness, and simplicity. Cork is 100% natural, reusable, and recyclable. It is harvested without cutting trees; cork oaks regenerate after each harvest, sustaining biodiversity and rural livelihoods.
To paint on cork is to collaborate with the land. The surface is not merely a backdrop but a living material, carrying its own voice of sustainability. Black Copper No. 2 reveals a dialogue between richness and decay, permanence and transformation — a reflection on beauty grounded in earth yet touched by fire.
Materials used:
Oil and Aacrylic on cork fabric stretched on a wood frame, gallery wrapped
Tags:
#oil #nature #texture #modern #large #wood #cork #metallic #statement piece #elegant #iridescent #minimalist #copper #sustainable
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Artist Reviews (144)
Carla Sá Fernandes
Portugal
About
Carla Sá Fernandes (b 1971) is an internationally collected Portuguese visual artist, best known for her colorful and emotional large-scale paintings, although she also works in new media, sculpture, photography,... Read more