Painted dream #15 (2024) Photograph by Karim Carella

In this piece I explore the quiet boundary between landscape and memory. The image is intentionally softened through movement, allowing the dunes to dissolve into flowing bands of colour and light.
I choose to transform a real place into something more dreamlike and emotional rather than descriptive.

The warm ochres and muted browns suggest sand shaped by wind, while the darker strokes hint at distant ridges and shadows. I’m drawn to the simplicity of these natural forms and the way they echo the gentle rhythm of the land.
Instead of focusing on detail, I wanted to capture the feeling of being there — the calm, the vastness, and the subtle movement of air across the landscape.

This work is part of my Painted Dream series, where photography becomes closer to painting. The camera becomes a brush, and the landscape becomes a canvas of flowing tones and textures.
My aim is not to document the scene but to interpret it, allowing the viewer space to wander through their own impressions and memories.

I hope the image invites a moment of stillness — a quiet pause within a shifting, dreamlike landscape.

𝐼’𝑚 𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑗𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 2021 𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙-𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚, 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠.
𝑀𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑇𝑢𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 2024, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 — 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦.

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PAINTED DREAM #15
✔️ Limited edition of 15;
✔️ Giclée fine art print on Innova Exhibition Matte Polycotton Canvas 380gsm (with margin of 5 cm);
✔️ Hand signed on the back;
✔️ Certificate of authenticity, signed and numbered;
✔️ Hahnemühle matt protective varnish for canvas inkjet prints applied.

*Please contact me for other mediums or sizes*

Materials used:

Giclée fine art print on Innova Exhibition Matte Polycotton Canvas 380gsm

Details:

• Photograph on Canvas
• From a limited edition of 15
• Size: 160 x 110 x 0.2cm (unframed) / 150 x 100cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
• Hurry, only 1 left in stock

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