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The Vertigo of Marilyn (2025) Original Oil Painting by Félix Rubio
60 x 60 x 3cm (unframed) / 60 x 60cm (actual image size)
£587.95
Original artwork description
Title
The Vertigo of Marilyn
Category
Figurative Painting / Contemporary Expressionism
Description
The Vertigo of Marilyn explores the fragile boundary between glamour and vulnerability. Seen from behind and suspended high above the city, the figure evokes both the iconic presence of Marilyn Monroe and the universal experience of confronting uncertainty, desire, and freedom.
The composition combines expressive brushwork with an almost dreamlike urban landscape. Cool blue tones dominate the city, creating a sense of height and distance, while warm flesh tones bring the figure into sharp emotional focus. The tension between the monumental architecture and the exposed human body transforms the scene into a metaphor for courage, loneliness, and self-discovery.
Painted with energetic, visible brushstrokes, the work balances figurative representation and painterly abstraction. Rather than depicting a specific moment, it invites viewers to project their own emotions into the space between the figure and the abyss below.
A contemporary reflection on beauty, risk, and the seductive pull of the unknown.
Materials used:
Professional Grade Oils, Acrylics, and Acrylic Modeling Paste on stretched canvas. This mixed media approach combines the fast-drying structural properties of acrylic paste with the rich, luminous finish of oils.
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 60 x 60 x 3cm (unframed) / 60 x 60cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
Title
The Vertigo of Marilyn
Category
Figurative Painting / Contemporary Expressionism
Description
The Vertigo of Marilyn explores the fragile boundary between glamour and vulnerability. Seen from behind and suspended high above the city, the figure evokes both the iconic presence of Marilyn Monroe and the universal experience of confronting uncertainty, desire, and freedom.
The composition combines expressive brushwork with an almost dreamlike urban landscape. Cool blue tones dominate the city, creating a sense of height and distance, while warm flesh tones bring the figure into sharp emotional focus. The tension between the monumental architecture and the exposed human body transforms the scene into a metaphor for courage, loneliness, and self-discovery.
Painted with energetic, visible brushstrokes, the work balances figurative representation and painterly abstraction. Rather than depicting a specific moment, it invites viewers to project their own emotions into the space between the figure and the abyss below.
A contemporary reflection on beauty, risk, and the seductive pull of the unknown.
Materials used:
Professional Grade Oils, Acrylics, and Acrylic Modeling Paste on stretched canvas. This mixed media approach combines the fast-drying structural properties of acrylic paste with the rich, luminous finish of oils.
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 60 x 60 x 3cm (unframed) / 60 x 60cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Félix Rubio
Spain
About
Félix Rubio is a Spanish painter whose work explores expressive figurative painting through bold brushwork, strong colour contrasts and psychological intensity. Working primarily in oil on canvas, Rubio focuses on... Read more