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This Was Not Meant To Be Calm (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by Carla Sá Fernandes
90 x 120 x 4cm / 90 x 120cm (actual image size)
£2,170.08
Original artwork description
There are moments when life refuses to slow down—when something within us keeps moving, searching, becoming.
This painting lives in that space.
Each layer of color carries its own energy, shifting and unfolding without asking permission to settle. The lines don’t follow a fixed path; they open, drift, and change—like we do, when we allow ourselves to move forward without needing all the answers.
The warmth here is not quiet—it glows, expands, insists on being felt. It speaks of momentum, of growth, of the kind of inner movement that cannot be contained by stillness.
There is no final destination in this work, only a sense of continuation—of trusting what unfolds, even when it feels uncertain.
A reminder that not everything is meant to be calm.
Some things are meant to move us forward.
Materials used:
Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 90 x 120 x 4cm / 90 x 120cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Tags:
#oil#abstract#acrylic#color#bold#energy#waves#large#colour#mixed media#vibrant#minimalist#motion#rythmic#carla sa
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Original artwork description
There are moments when life refuses to slow down—when something within us keeps moving, searching, becoming.
This painting lives in that space.
Each layer of color carries its own energy, shifting and unfolding without asking permission to settle. The lines don’t follow a fixed path; they open, drift, and change—like we do, when we allow ourselves to move forward without needing all the answers.
The warmth here is not quiet—it glows, expands, insists on being felt. It speaks of momentum, of growth, of the kind of inner movement that cannot be contained by stillness.
There is no final destination in this work, only a sense of continuation—of trusting what unfolds, even when it feels uncertain.
A reminder that not everything is meant to be calm.
Some things are meant to move us forward.
Materials used:
Oil, acrylic and ink on canvas
Details:
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 90 x 120 x 4cm / 90 x 120cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Abstract
- Subject: Abstract and non-figurative
Tags:
#oil#abstract#acrylic#color#bold#energy#waves#large#colour#mixed media#vibrant#minimalist#motion#rythmic#carla sa
Carla Sá Fernandes
Portugal
About
Carla Sá Fernandes (b 1971) is an internationally collected Portuguese visual artist, best known for her colorful and emotional large-scale paintings, although she also works in new media, sculpture, photography,... Read more