I remember you when the sea was still (2025) Original Oil Painting by Gabriel - Cristian Matei

Part of “Life is Beautiful Without You,” a multidisciplinary project blending painting and film.
Sometimes memories don’t come like storms, they return like the sea on a quiet morning, cold, clear, almost tender. She stands on the shore where love once felt eternal, remembering his touch, the taste of salt in the air, the sound of waves that once embraced them when the world was whole.
She no longer searches for him, she recalls him only to remember what it was like to feel. Beyond loss, she begins to see the beauty of emptiness, a new, transparent space where everything can be rebuilt.
The sea becomes her mirror and her witness. In its reflection, she no longer sees the love that once was, but her own quiet rebirth, gentle, certain, inevitable. For the first time, she understands that memories no longer hold her captive, they set her free.

Materials used:

canvas stretched on a wooden frame

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 120 x 90 x 2cm (unframed) / 120 x 90cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Photorealistic
• Subject: People and portraits