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Dance in the Water (2025)Acrylic painting
by Paul Cheng
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Original artwork description
I wanted to capture a state between reality and dream: a figure in the water, with the dress and ripples intertwined—still yet fluid. The upper body emerging above the surface symbolizes breath and life; the lower body sinking below represents calmness and introspection. Using cool blue tones and sharp contrasts of light, I aimed to create a sense of transparency and weightlessness, as if the viewer could hear the whisper of water.
I worked with layered acrylic applications, starting with a dark base and repeatedly adding bright blues and whites to create the effect of light refraction and the delicate flow of the dress. I deliberately blurred the water’s reflection to give it an abstract quality, leaving room for the viewer’s imagination.
Materials used:
Acrylic
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50.8 x 60.96 x 2.03cm
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#impression#abstractrealism#blueart#underwaterportrait#paulcheng#danceinthewater
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Original artwork description
I wanted to capture a state between reality and dream: a figure in the water, with the dress and ripples intertwined—still yet fluid. The upper body emerging above the surface symbolizes breath and life; the lower body sinking below represents calmness and introspection. Using cool blue tones and sharp contrasts of light, I aimed to create a sense of transparency and weightlessness, as if the viewer could hear the whisper of water.
I worked with layered acrylic applications, starting with a dark base and repeatedly adding bright blues and whites to create the effect of light refraction and the delicate flow of the dress. I deliberately blurred the water’s reflection to give it an abstract quality, leaving room for the viewer’s imagination.
Materials used:
Acrylic
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50.8 x 60.96 x 2.03cm
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#impression#abstractrealism#blueart#underwaterportrait#paulcheng#danceinthewater
Paul Cheng
United States
About
Paul ChengOil Painters of America (OPA) Signature Member
Paul Cheng was born and grew up in Guangzhou China and
studied at Guangzhou Fine Art College China, one of the most... Read more