TIDAL BODY
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- Size: 30"x24" (75cm x 60cm)
- 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
TIDAL BODY presents a octopus-inspired composition rendered with thick palette knife strokes.
Layered paint creates depth and movement, while scraped areas reveal underlying tones and rhythm.
The image emphasizes mood and material presence rather than literal narrative.
Between pull and release, Tidal Body turns an octopus into a figure of uncertain belonging, suspended between depth and emergence. Its diagonal reach gives the work a sense of thought becoming motion, while the forward-facing eye holds a steady presence within the surrounding blue. The creature feels less like an inhabitant of a literal sea than a consciousness testing the limits of its own space.
The curling tentacles extend in different directions, suggesting not disorder but competing impulses - retreat, contact, curiosity, and escape. Warm notes gathered across the body interrupt the cooler atmosphere with flashes of alertness, as though something inward has briefly surfaced. This tension keeps the image from settling into either menace or wonder; it remains poised between them.
What makes the work compelling is the way its strangeness becomes intimate. The octopus is unmistakably other, yet its rounded form and searching gaze invite recognition without reducing it to a symbol. Around it, wave-like movements seem to fold and open, creating an environment that feels psychological as much as aquatic. The result is a concentrated encounter with adaptability, solitude, and the uneasy freedom of having many ways to move.
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