CLOSE HELD EMBRACE
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- Size: 50"x40" (127cm x 100cm)
- Signature: Signed on the front and back
- Certification: Signed COA provided
- Materials: Palette Knife, Oil Paint, Canvas
A UNIQUE ONE-OF-A-KIND ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS - THE BEST POSSIBLE QUALITY HAND-PAINTED ARTWORK BY LEONID AFREMOV GALLERY ARTIST
This is a real 100% UNIQUE Hand-painted ONE-OF-A-KIND ORIGINAL painting by Afremov Gallery (not a print, or recreation artwork)
The painting is signed on the front and the back, this artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity, personally signed by the artist
This painting looks tridimensional and has a lot of heavy textures
CLOSE HELD EMBRACE presents two owls perched side by side on a branch, faces hidden in shadow against a pale neutral background, placing the paired figures clearly in the foreground.
The background is subdued or monochrome, allowing the connection between the subjects to dominate.
Thick palette knife strokes emphasize texture, warmth, and emotional proximity.
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Two figures drawn into mutual stillness, Close Held Embrace makes closeness feel less like an event than a chosen way of being. The owls lean together until their heads meet, their faces partly withdrawn into shadow, creating an intimacy that does not depend on display. Against the pale restraint behind them, their shared posture becomes the work’s central language: presence held quietly, without demand.
The paired bodies gather above the horizontal branch with a compactness that suggests trust, while the dark talons remain visibly anchored below. That tension between surrender and steadiness gives the embrace its depth. Their eyes retain a watchful quality, so tenderness here is not naïve; it seems alert to the surrounding silence and protective of what has formed between them.
Warm browns and softened ivory lend the scene a hushed, almost nocturnal tenderness without turning it into a fixed story. The obscured faces leave room for the bond to remain private, while the close alignment of their bodies makes separation feel momentarily beside the point. What endures is the sense of two beings sharing the same pause, held together by attention as much as affection.
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