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"Portrait No.3 - Compressed Presence" (2025) Original Acrylic Painting by Sara Richardson Artist

30.48 x 40.64 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 30.48 x 40.64cm (actual image size)

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£264.71

"Portrait No.3" explores the figure as a condition of pressure and instability rather than representation. Forms are built through layered restraint and accumulation, holding tension within a controlled field of material presence.

The surface operates between emergence and containment, where gesture and erasure coexist without resolution. Meaning remains deliberately open, allowing the work to function as a shifting perceptual state rather than a fixed reading.

• Original acrylic and mixed media painting on archival paper
• Unframed; ideal for custom framing
• Ships flat with protective archival packaging
• Signed and includes Certificate of Authenticity

Part of the ongoing Portrait Series, this piece extends an exploration of psychological weight, form and presence.

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Specifications at a glace:
Work: original painting, one of a kind, unframed
Medium: acrylic, gesso and pencil on 100% cotton archival Arches paper, unmasked (painted edge to edge)
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Please Note: The photos "in situ" are created to help contextualize the artwork ie. decor/framing ideas. The artwork is sold unframed.

{ International Collectors } Please contact me for shipping rates if you do not see your country listed - import duties or taxes that may occur are not included in the artwork price or shipping expense. Thank you.
© Sara Richardson Artist All images and rights reserved.

Materials used:

acrylic, gesso and pencil on archival 100% cotton 300gsm Arches paper

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"Portrait No.3" explores the figure as a condition of pressure and instability rather than representation. Forms are built through layered restraint and accumulation, holding tension within a controlled field of material presence.

The surface operates between emergence and containment, where gesture and erasure coexist without resolution. Meaning remains deliberately open, allowing the work to function as a shifting perceptual state rather than a fixed reading.

• Original acrylic and mixed media painting on archival paper
• Unframed; ideal for custom framing
• Ships flat with protective archival packaging
• Signed and includes Certificate of Authenticity

Part of the ongoing Portrait Series, this piece extends an exploration of psychological weight, form and presence.

--------------------
Specifications at a glace:
Work: original painting, one of a kind, unframed
Medium: acrylic, gesso and pencil on 100% cotton archival Arches paper, unmasked (painted edge to edge)
--------------------
Please Note: The photos "in situ" are created to help contextualize the artwork ie. decor/framing ideas. The artwork is sold unframed.

{ International Collectors } Please contact me for shipping rates if you do not see your country listed - import duties or taxes that may occur are not included in the artwork price or shipping expense. Thank you.
© Sara Richardson Artist All images and rights reserved.

Materials used:

acrylic, gesso and pencil on archival 100% cotton 300gsm Arches paper

Details:

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Sara Richardson is a contemporary artist known for developing distinct bodies of work in painting, drawing and mixed media. Her practice explores spatial perception, material presence, rhythmic line and the... Read more

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