Floating
Private collection
Mixed media on paper

Collection Universo Decorativo

Floating

Mixed media on paper · 21 × 30 cm

Floating. Two Betta fish, the fighters with wide, veiled tails, in a slow dance: one a bright coral red, the other holding together blue, violet and pink. The vibrant colours seem to float in an abstract aquatic space, a…

Technique
Mixed media on paper
Dimensions
21 × 30 cm
Year
2022
Edition
Unique piece
Support
Paper
Frame
Black with white mat, included

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Work in progress

The background first, then the scales

The table with the ink bottles, the blue and violet background, the two fish left white in reserve, the red taking shape under the brush. Then the scales drawn one by one, the fins that have almost no weight, and the finished work: on the table, and in its black frame with a white mat.

Davide Cristofaro at the worktable with the ink bottles: the orange Betta fish already painted, the second still white in reserve
The artist's hand painting the orange Betta fish with a brush on the blue and violet ink background
Floating, the finished work: two Betta fish, red and blue-pink, on a background of blues and violets
Detail of the red Betta fish: the scales drawn one by one and the veiled fins
Detail of the blue Betta fish with pink and violet fins on the ink background
Detail of the two Betta fish tails brushing against each other between red and blue
Floating finished on the worktable, with the three brush pens used for the work
Floating framed in black with a white mat, photographed up close
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The work in your home

Every work is made to live in a space. Here is an idea of how Floating can change a room.

Fluttuando in a black frame on a mottled blue wall, above a blue Chesterfield sofa with purple and turquoise cushions
The film of the work

Two and a half minutes from the blank sheet

First the pencil drawing, then the blue and violet inks laid around the two fish left white in reserve. Pink and orange with the brush give the fish their volume, and coloured pencils draw the scales one by one and the veiled fins.

No cuts, no shortcuts: the real time it takes for two fish to come alive on a sheet of paper. It is the most honest way I know to explain what you are buying when you choose a work.

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