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Ebony and Ivory (2026)Pastel drawing by Dietrich Moravec
50 x 40 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 49 x 39cm (actual image size)
£1,046.04
Original artwork description
While working on this piece, I became aware of the quiet dialogue between the two central forms: the dark bottle and the white jug. They stand side by side like opposites — ebony and ivory. Dark and light. Weight and clarity. Two presences that define each other simply by being together.
Nothing dramatic happens between them. They don’t compete. They just coexist. The contrast itself creates the tension of the image.
The citrus fruit introduces a different note. Their vivid color brings warmth and immediacy into this restrained scene. Something alive, temporary, almost fleeting against the calm order of the objects.
For me, the painting reflects a simple idea: balance often emerges not from similarity, but from difference. Light needs darkness. Stillness needs contrast. And sometimes harmony appears precisely because two very different things share the same space.
Pastel on Pastelmat.
Shipping via DHL, packed in a transparent sleeve between two layers of lightweight foam board and in a cardboard box. Instructions for proper framing included.
Materials used:
Soft pastels
Details:
- Pastel drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 40 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 49 x 39cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: Still life
Tags:
#black#yellow#grey#white#oranges#lemons#bottle#cloth#jug#twig
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Original artwork description
While working on this piece, I became aware of the quiet dialogue between the two central forms: the dark bottle and the white jug. They stand side by side like opposites — ebony and ivory. Dark and light. Weight and clarity. Two presences that define each other simply by being together.
Nothing dramatic happens between them. They don’t compete. They just coexist. The contrast itself creates the tension of the image.
The citrus fruit introduces a different note. Their vivid color brings warmth and immediacy into this restrained scene. Something alive, temporary, almost fleeting against the calm order of the objects.
For me, the painting reflects a simple idea: balance often emerges not from similarity, but from difference. Light needs darkness. Stillness needs contrast. And sometimes harmony appears precisely because two very different things share the same space.
Pastel on Pastelmat.
Shipping via DHL, packed in a transparent sleeve between two layers of lightweight foam board and in a cardboard box. Instructions for proper framing included.
Materials used:
Soft pastels
Details:
- Pastel drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 40 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 49 x 39cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: Still life
Tags:
#black#yellow#grey#white#oranges#lemons#bottle#cloth#jug#twig
Dietrich Moravec
Germany
About
As an artist I´m completely selftaught. I started painting and drawing when I was
still at school and kept on learning and practising ever since.
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