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The Checkmate Original Oil Painting (2026)Oil painting by Mariia Bashtova
91.44 x 121.92 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 91.44 x 121.92cm (actual image size)
£2,825.11
Original artwork description
The Checkmate
At the center of the canvas lies a figure frozen in the quiet tension of victory. A girl dressed as a harlequin holds a chess king tightly against her chest, as if protecting something precious and fragile. The crown on her head and the king in her arms form a closed circle of power: she is the conqueror, yet also the captive of her own triumph.
The chessboard, stretched to the scale of an entire world, blurs the boundary between the game and reality. Every square is a choice, every move has a cost. There is no triumph in her gaze — only exhaustion, tenderness, and the fear of losing what has been won through sacrifice.
This is the moment after the final move, when silence becomes louder than applause and victory reveals itself not as freedom, but as responsibility.
“The Checkmate” speaks of how power and love, trophy and attachment, are sometimes inseparable — and how, at times, we cling to our victory so tightly as if we are really protecting ourselves from it.
The painting is created on a 1.5 inch (3.8 cm) gallery-wrapped canvas and the sides are painted, so it can be displayed without a frame.
If desired, the artwork can be beautifully presented in a floating frame (also called a tray frame). This type of frame is specifically designed for gallery-wrapped canvases and creates a small gap around the painting, giving the artwork a clean, elegant “floating” appearance.
Floating frames are widely used in galleries and allow the full depth of the canvas to remain visible while adding a refined finished look.
Materials used:
Stretched canvas, Oil, Varnish
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 91.44 x 121.92 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 91.44 x 121.92cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#fine art#contemporary art#oil original#surreal painting#chess painting#figurative painitng#harlequin art#large artwokr
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Original artwork description
The Checkmate
At the center of the canvas lies a figure frozen in the quiet tension of victory. A girl dressed as a harlequin holds a chess king tightly against her chest, as if protecting something precious and fragile. The crown on her head and the king in her arms form a closed circle of power: she is the conqueror, yet also the captive of her own triumph.
The chessboard, stretched to the scale of an entire world, blurs the boundary between the game and reality. Every square is a choice, every move has a cost. There is no triumph in her gaze — only exhaustion, tenderness, and the fear of losing what has been won through sacrifice.
This is the moment after the final move, when silence becomes louder than applause and victory reveals itself not as freedom, but as responsibility.
“The Checkmate” speaks of how power and love, trophy and attachment, are sometimes inseparable — and how, at times, we cling to our victory so tightly as if we are really protecting ourselves from it.
The painting is created on a 1.5 inch (3.8 cm) gallery-wrapped canvas and the sides are painted, so it can be displayed without a frame.
If desired, the artwork can be beautifully presented in a floating frame (also called a tray frame). This type of frame is specifically designed for gallery-wrapped canvases and creates a small gap around the painting, giving the artwork a clean, elegant “floating” appearance.
Floating frames are widely used in galleries and allow the full depth of the canvas to remain visible while adding a refined finished look.
Materials used:
Stretched canvas, Oil, Varnish
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 91.44 x 121.92 x 3.81cm (unframed) / 91.44 x 121.92cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#fine art#contemporary art#oil original#surreal painting#chess painting#figurative painitng#harlequin art#large artwokr