- Eliza Kołodziej
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- Smoker's Shadow
Original artwork description
The cigarette drawing on the ashtray is bold, almost cheerful — as if hastily sketched with a marker. Yet, behind this playful gesture lies silence. The bench waits, empty. The supposed smoker is gone, leaving only traces of presence and absence. The composition becomes a quiet study of what is left behind — an image of a place that still holds the memory of someone who isn’t there.
The wooden bench, painted with near-photorealistic precision, contrasts with the delicate, shifting shadow of the flowers. Their soft silhouettes move across the wall as if swaying in the wind, touching the spot where the imagined figure might sit. The stillness feels uneasy, suspended between warmth and tension.
Through this painting, I wanted to explore how something as ordinary as a resting place can become charged with emotion. The more we look, the more the silence begins to speak.
The painting is ready to hang and will be delivered in secure, multi-layered packaging, fully tracked and insured to the full value of the artwork. Each work comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity, confirming its originality.
Materials used:
Oil paint on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 46 x 61 x 4cm
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#afternoon sun#summer light#empty bench#wooden bench#quiet tension#absent figure#urban stillness#soft silhouette#ashtray detail#presence absence#flower shadow#urban bench#wall shadow#still place#outdoor cornerFeatured by our Editors:
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Original artwork description
The cigarette drawing on the ashtray is bold, almost cheerful — as if hastily sketched with a marker. Yet, behind this playful gesture lies silence. The bench waits, empty. The supposed smoker is gone, leaving only traces of presence and absence. The composition becomes a quiet study of what is left behind — an image of a place that still holds the memory of someone who isn’t there.
The wooden bench, painted with near-photorealistic precision, contrasts with the delicate, shifting shadow of the flowers. Their soft silhouettes move across the wall as if swaying in the wind, touching the spot where the imagined figure might sit. The stillness feels uneasy, suspended between warmth and tension.
Through this painting, I wanted to explore how something as ordinary as a resting place can become charged with emotion. The more we look, the more the silence begins to speak.
The painting is ready to hang and will be delivered in secure, multi-layered packaging, fully tracked and insured to the full value of the artwork. Each work comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity, confirming its originality.
Materials used:
Oil paint on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 46 x 61 x 4cm
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: Architecture and cityscapes
Tags:
#afternoon sun#summer light#empty bench#wooden bench#quiet tension#absent figure#urban stillness#soft silhouette#ashtray detail#presence absence#flower shadow#urban bench#wall shadow#still place#outdoor cornerFeatured by our Editors:
Eliza Kołodziej
Poland
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Featured in: Curator's picks: December 2025, November 2025, February 2026 & Ones to watch 2026 on Artfinder. For me, painting is a way of tracing what remains after people –... Read more