Portrait No.5 - Balanced Presence (2025) Original Acrylic Painting by Sara Richardson Artist

Portrait No.5 explores the figure as a state of equilibrium held within abstraction. Layered surfaces, restrained gesture and shifting edges create a composition that remains centered while resisting fixed interpretation.

The image moves between recognition and dissolution, allowing form to emerge through accumulation, reduction, and spatial balance rather than direct depiction. Material presence and controlled instability operate simultaneously, holding the surface in a sustained state of tension and resolve. Portrait No.5 functions as a interpretation of presence shaped through structure, rhythm and restraint.

• Original acrylic 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, Portrait No.5 can be installed as a standalone work or alongside other works from the series.
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Specifications at a glace:
Work: original painting, one of a kind, unframed
Medium: acrylic, gesso and pencil on 400gsm archival lightly textured paper / edges masked with a 0.5" border for easier framing and handling
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Chesapeake Bay Area Figurative

Materials used:

acrylic, gesso and pencil on pH neutral lightly textured 400gsm paper

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 45.72 x 60.96 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 43.18 x 58.42cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: People and portraits