Original artwork description:

Title: Saying Hi to Me That Was the Stranger All Along

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 48"H x 24"W
Series: The Breath of Memory
Year: 2025

Description:
Saying Hi to Me That Was the Stranger All Along is a meditation on recognition and distance — how memory shifts shape, and how the self returns in unfamiliar ways. Layers of deep umber and shadowed black build toward a faint horizon of muted light, where vertical gestures rise like echoes of presence. The surface carries both density and breath — stillness holding movement, quiet holding complexity.

This piece is part of my new series, The Breath of Memory, which explores the emotional terrain between remembering and forgetting. Each painting in the series seeks to embody what lingers — the fragments that stay, the whispers that surface when silence deepens. For me, this work speaks to the moment of meeting oneself again through time — tender, uncertain, yet undeniable.

Artist Statement:
My practice is rooted in intuition, process, and emotional honesty. I work through abstraction as a language for the unseen — gestures of thought, breath, and recollection translated through paint. Each piece begins with an impulse rather than a plan, allowing the work to unfold as memory itself does: layered, imperfect, and human.

Additional Details:

Original, one-of-a-kind painting

Acrylic on professional-grade canvas

Signed on the front, with certificate of authenticity included

Ready to hang or frame to preference

Collector’s Note:
This painting holds a quiet gravity — rich in tone, restrained in gesture. It carries a contemplative weight that invites slow looking and introspection. Its depth and subtle tonal range make it ideal for collectors drawn to work that feels both atmospheric and deeply personal.

Buyers outside of the USA:
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SHIPPING: Paintings are wrapped in plastic then surrounded by 4 layers of cardboard for secure shipping. Orders leave my studio within a couple of days. International buyers accept responsibility for tariffs, customs, and all other fees.

This is a one of a kind artwork, created and painted by me. You will receive a certificate of authenticity on the back of your painting and it is ready to hang with hardware attached. It is sprayed with an archival coating.

Even though I am new on Artfinder, I have sold and sent out over 2000 paintings since I first started selling online in 2009, and have shipped to countries such as Australia, Singapore, Dubai, France, UK and many others so you can purchase with confidence from me.

Materials used:

acrylic on canvas sprayed with an archival coating

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