VITYRA - Derek - No Reserve

Derek
Oil and acrylic on canvas
100 cm x 140 cm (39 inches x 55 inches)

Derek is a contemporary portrait where desire is distilled into form, color, and refusal.

Executed in oil and acrylic on canvas at 100 x 140 cm, the painting presents a dark male figure set against a saturated violet field, an atmosphere that feels both intimate and unreal, like a room lit at night. The body is rendered with restraint: the anatomy is present, but it is held back, emerging through layered darkness rather than described through detail. This controlled handling gives the figure a sculptural calm and a quiet authority.

The face offers almost nothing to hold onto: one pale eye remains, the rest dissolved into shadow, yet the mouth breaks that silence with a single, vivid red gesture. The tongue becomes the work’s pulse: an exposed interior turned outward, a sign of appetite and surrender at once. It is neither performance nor caricature, it is a moment of raw corporeality, placed with precision against the cool field behind it.

What makes Derek erotic is not explicitness, but tension. The painting stages a confrontation between looking and being denied. Identity is withheld, expression is simplified, and the viewer is left with presence, close, physical, and unresolved. The title reads like a name you might say softly, after the moment has already passed.

This original painting by VITYRA is hand-signed on the reverse side to preserve the purity of the artwork’s surface and comes with a certificate of authenticity. The artwork will be shipped rolled in a secure, protective tube, an eco-friendly and safe method that reduces shipping costs and risk of damage. The canvas measures 100 x 140 cm (39 x 55 inches), with an extra 5 cm border on each side for easy re-stretching.