Gesture Under Registration (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by Gela MIKAVA

Gesture Under Registration explores the moment when instinctive human expression is captured, controlled, and transformed into record. A fragment of spontaneous drawing appears within a narrow vertical opening, suspended inside a dense atmospheric field of green and blue.

The central form preserves traces of raw movement—scribbles, scratches, layered marks—while the surrounding surface suppresses and contains that energy. What was once free gesture becomes archive, memory, and system.

Rich texture, depth, and subtle tonal movement give the work a meditative presence, shifting between silence and tension. A contemporary statement piece for collectors interested in abstraction, psychology, and the relationship between freedom and structure.

Original painting by GELA MIKAVA.

Materials used:

Oil, Paper and Acrylic on linen canvas

Details:

• Mixed-media painting on Fabric
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 100 x 120 x 3cm (unframed)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: Abstract and non-figurative