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Dance in the Water (2025)Acrylic painting by Paul Cheng
50.8 x 60.96 x 2.03cm
£600.11Sold
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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
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Paul ChengOil Painters of America (OPA) Signature Member
Paul Cheng is a contemporary painter based in the United States whose art reflects a lifelong pursuit of light, color, and the... Read more