Gilded Stillness
20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Gilded Stillness is an original mixed media painting created with acrylic ink, gold foil, and batik fabric accents on gallery wrapped canvas. Part of the Where Color Takes Root Collection, this elegant and atmospheric piece explores the quiet interplay of light, form, and movement — rooted in the beauty of a bloom suspended in a moment of perfect calm.
A single lily form unfolds across a deep, velvety black ground with fluid, expressive confidence — its petals rendered in luminous washes of deep indigo, teal, cobalt, and soft violet, each one layered with batik fabric accents that introduce a quiet tactile complexity to the painted surface. Gold foil sweeps across the petals and stem in bold, gestural strokes — catching and reflecting light with a warmth that shifts as the viewer moves, giving the piece an ever-changing luminosity that makes it impossible to see the same way twice. Delicate painted stamens rise from the center of the open bloom with a lifelike precision that grounds the piece in the natural world even as the surrounding color and gold lift it into something more dreamlike and felt. The deep black background recedes completely, allowing the jewel-toned bloom and its gold accents to glow with an intensity that commands the room.
The contrast between matte ink, delicate batik fabric, and reflective gold creates nuanced shifts as light moves across the surface — a contemplative and ever-changing viewing experience. Gilded Stillness invites a sense of pause — where form softens, color deepens, and light becomes the focal point. This piece is part of the Where Color Takes Root Collection.
Details:
- Artwork Size: 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
- Medium: Acrylic ink, gold foil, and batik fabric accents on canvas
- Gold foil surface detail
- Batik fabric accent petal detail
- Deep black atmospheric ground
- Gallery wrapped canvas
- Contemporary matte black floating frame included
- Ready to hang
- One of a kind original artwork
- Signed by the artist
