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The Long Flow of Time
Private collection
Mixed media on canvas

Collection Tracce di Mondi

The Long Flow of Time

Mixed media on canvas · 80 × 100 cm

At the centre, the serene image of two newborns: life at its beginning. Beside them, the instruments of time: a golden Hourglass holding a swirl of intense blue, and a large Roman-numeral Clock across the background, in…

Technique
Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
80 × 100 cm
Year
2015
Edition
Unique piece
Support
Canvas
Frame
Not included

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Work in progress

The creative process

Every artwork passes through distinct phases before reaching its final form. Here are some images from the journey.

The drawing on the canvas, over the relief ground
The first dark shadows around the clock face and the hourglass
The golden clock face with Roman numerals and the blue of the hourglass
The hourglass completed with its golden frame
The first newborn takes shape
The two newborns curled up beside the hourglass
Light and reflections on the newborns and the hourglass
The finished, signed work
Stories, processes, inspirations

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