Memory Empty (2009)Oil painting
by Dominic Virtosu

In a major way, this painting is an introspection. It is the result of years of thought about what I am doing here, as an individual, how I am relating to other people, what my purpose might be in the world and other such major questions that have accumulated themselves as a crowd in my mind.

For Memory Empty, I am reinventing my way of painting and producing a collage that means something different and discloses its metaphors gradually.

This work speaks of power, of daring to see beyond the visible and to go beyond the known. It is a strange marriage between the usual (a match of beach volley) and the unusual characters that are playing. It is my way of saying: there's more to the eye then the mind can see.

I have used oil paint and extensive sketching to produce this work and I have chosen a large canvas to span and create the atmosphere that such a scenery needs in order to be properly received.

The work itself is a depiction of modernity: lifestyles and attitudes in a strange and daring combination. Like a kaleidoscope of characters that form the civilization on the beach. I am attempting to create image associations that are visually surprising and recognizable.

Materials used:

oil colors and thinners

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 150 x 170 x 3cm (unframed) / 150 x 170cm (actual image size)
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Surrealistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky

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