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Original artwork description
Held in Suspension
acrylic painting on canvas / 40 x 60 cm / signed January 2026
Held in Suspension unfolds as a meditation on instability, memory, and the quiet tension between emergence and dissolution. The painting exists in a state of arrested motion, where forms appear neither fully constructed nor entirely erased. Instead, they hover—caught in a prolonged interval that resists resolution. This suspension becomes the work’s central condition, shaping both its visual structure and its emotional register.
The composition is anchored by a dense central mass, built through layered applications of acrylic, scraping, and erasure. This core reads as both presence and residue: a form that suggests landscape, architecture, or body, yet refuses to settle into a fixed identity. Its ambiguity is deliberate. The surrounding fields of cool blue-green operate as atmospheric space, enveloping the central structure in a mist-like environment that emphasizes stasis and breath. These open areas are not voids; they function as active zones of pause, allowing the painting to expand outward while holding its energy in place.
Gesture plays a critical role in sustaining this tension. Assertive black linear marks cut through softer passages, introducing moments of directional force and interruption. These gestures are counterbalanced by blurred transitions, wiped surfaces, and softened edges that evoke erosion and temporal decay. The surface bears visible evidence of its own making—marks layered, disrupted, and partially erased—suggesting a process of continual adjustment rather than definitive action. Control and surrender coexist, reinforcing the sense that the image is perpetually on the verge of transformation.
Subtle accents of warm orange and rust emerge within the restrained palette like residual heat. These moments do not dominate the composition but instead function as emotional traces—brief intensities embedded within the cooler field. Their presence activates the surface quietly, implying internal movement beneath an otherwise suspended exterior.
Materiality is essential to the work’s impact. Variations in opacity, texture, and sheen invite close viewing, emphasizing the physicality of the painted surface. The painting does not present a singular image to be decoded; it offers an encounter that unfolds slowly, rewarding sustained attention. Its ambiguity resists narrative closure, encouraging viewers to project their own associations into the suspended forms.
Ultimately, Held in Suspension occupies a liminal space where time feels paused and meaning remains fluid. The work does not seek resolution, but rather sustains a delicate equilibrium between construction and decay, gesture and atmosphere, memory and matter. In holding these opposing forces in balance, the painting asserts suspension not as absence, but as a charged and generative state—one in which possibility remains quietly, insistently present.
Materials used:
acrylic painting on canvas varnished
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 60 x 2cm (unframed) / 40 x 60cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Organic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#light#foggy#dreamscape#silence#mindscape#enigmatic#perenity#ovidiu kloska#melancholia#memeory
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Original artwork description
Held in Suspension
acrylic painting on canvas / 40 x 60 cm / signed January 2026
Held in Suspension unfolds as a meditation on instability, memory, and the quiet tension between emergence and dissolution. The painting exists in a state of arrested motion, where forms appear neither fully constructed nor entirely erased. Instead, they hover—caught in a prolonged interval that resists resolution. This suspension becomes the work’s central condition, shaping both its visual structure and its emotional register.
The composition is anchored by a dense central mass, built through layered applications of acrylic, scraping, and erasure. This core reads as both presence and residue: a form that suggests landscape, architecture, or body, yet refuses to settle into a fixed identity. Its ambiguity is deliberate. The surrounding fields of cool blue-green operate as atmospheric space, enveloping the central structure in a mist-like environment that emphasizes stasis and breath. These open areas are not voids; they function as active zones of pause, allowing the painting to expand outward while holding its energy in place.
Gesture plays a critical role in sustaining this tension. Assertive black linear marks cut through softer passages, introducing moments of directional force and interruption. These gestures are counterbalanced by blurred transitions, wiped surfaces, and softened edges that evoke erosion and temporal decay. The surface bears visible evidence of its own making—marks layered, disrupted, and partially erased—suggesting a process of continual adjustment rather than definitive action. Control and surrender coexist, reinforcing the sense that the image is perpetually on the verge of transformation.
Subtle accents of warm orange and rust emerge within the restrained palette like residual heat. These moments do not dominate the composition but instead function as emotional traces—brief intensities embedded within the cooler field. Their presence activates the surface quietly, implying internal movement beneath an otherwise suspended exterior.
Materiality is essential to the work’s impact. Variations in opacity, texture, and sheen invite close viewing, emphasizing the physicality of the painted surface. The painting does not present a singular image to be decoded; it offers an encounter that unfolds slowly, rewarding sustained attention. Its ambiguity resists narrative closure, encouraging viewers to project their own associations into the suspended forms.
Ultimately, Held in Suspension occupies a liminal space where time feels paused and meaning remains fluid. The work does not seek resolution, but rather sustains a delicate equilibrium between construction and decay, gesture and atmosphere, memory and matter. In holding these opposing forces in balance, the painting asserts suspension not as absence, but as a charged and generative state—one in which possibility remains quietly, insistently present.
Materials used:
acrylic painting on canvas varnished
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 60 x 2cm (unframed) / 40 x 60cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Organic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
Tags:
#light#foggy#dreamscape#silence#mindscape#enigmatic#perenity#ovidiu kloska#melancholia#memeory
Kloska Ovidiu
Romania
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Ovidiu Kloska – Biography & Curriculum Vitae
BiographyOvidiu Kloska (b. 1977, Romania) is a contemporary visual artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, welded-steel sculpture, mixed media, and oniric conceptual photography. His... Read more