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The Weight of Blue (2026) Original Oil Painting by Fintan Whelan
160 x 100 x 4cm (unframed)
£3,634.72
Original artwork description
In The Weight of Blue, Fintan Whelan composes a quiet meditation on motion and stillness. Color becomes more than surface; it feels tidal, immersive, drawing the viewer into a fluid, subconscious space. Suspended against an open void, the central form pulses gently, its marbled currents of blue and green unfolding like a living map.
Whelan captures a fleeting threshold where movement dissolves into calm. The “weight” here is not heaviness, but a subtle pressure—the depth of held breath, the hush before a tide turns. Pigment drifts and merges, echoing the way thoughts blur and reform.
There is both intimacy and vastness in this suspended moment. The eye wanders, then settles. In the darker tones, something unexpectedly light emerges. The painting invites stillness, asking the viewer not just to observe, but to drift within its quiet, shifting depths.
Materials used:
pigment, oil, varnish
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 160 x 100 x 4cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Tags:
#seascape#abstract#shadow#painting#water#light#soft#life#statement piece#statement art#still#skyscape#quite#fintan whelan
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Original artwork description
In The Weight of Blue, Fintan Whelan composes a quiet meditation on motion and stillness. Color becomes more than surface; it feels tidal, immersive, drawing the viewer into a fluid, subconscious space. Suspended against an open void, the central form pulses gently, its marbled currents of blue and green unfolding like a living map.
Whelan captures a fleeting threshold where movement dissolves into calm. The “weight” here is not heaviness, but a subtle pressure—the depth of held breath, the hush before a tide turns. Pigment drifts and merges, echoing the way thoughts blur and reform.
There is both intimacy and vastness in this suspended moment. The eye wanders, then settles. In the darker tones, something unexpectedly light emerges. The painting invites stillness, asking the viewer not just to observe, but to drift within its quiet, shifting depths.
Materials used:
pigment, oil, varnish
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 160 x 100 x 4cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Tags:
#seascape#abstract#shadow#painting#water#light#soft#life#statement piece#statement art#still#skyscape#quite#fintan whelan
Fintan Whelan
Germany
About
Fintan employs a distinctive method of painting, an alchemical blend of pigments, oils, and various media. This approach, marked by spontaneity and rawness, captures the essence of his creative philosophy.... Read more