JD Paris - #1 - Looking Outside

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JD Paris presents the limited edition print titled '#1 - Looking Outside' (2025), number 2 of 10, a 50 × 50 cm mixed media digital painting with AI, depicting a landscape in a contemporary surrealist style, hand-signed, in good condition, sold directly by the artist from France.

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JD - #1 - Looking Outside

Looking Outside – Between contemplation and contemporary surrealism

This intriguing work features a male figure, seated with his back to the viewer, facing an opening framed like a painting within the painting. Before him stretches an endless desert landscape, bathed in light, silent and almost unreal. The composition immediately establishes a dialogue between the interior and the exterior, confinement and escape.

The visual contrast is striking: the intense red of the enclosed space frames the window like a symbolic threshold, while the clear blue of the sky and the ochre tones of the desert evoke freedom, vastness, and suspended time. The stationary posture of the character, wearing a dark hat, reinforces the meditative atmosphere and invites an introspective reading of the scene.

The work is embedded in a contemporary surrealist aesthetic, recalling the spirit of metaphysical compositions and the plays with perspective dear to twentieth‑century art, while preserving a decidedly modern and pared‑down approach. The viewer becomes a witness to a moment of pause, between anticipation and mental projection.

A strong, conceptual piece, ideal for lovers of narrative art, modern surrealism, and works that question the human condition, time, and the gaze. It will naturally find its place in a contemporary collection or in a home with a bold, distinctive character.


Fine Art print without white margin on Hahnemühle paper / Edition 2025
New / Without white margin / Without frame.
Shipped rolled in an appropriate box, with an authenticity certificate (COA).

Delivery information (please read carefully before bidding):

This artwork - Fine Art print will be sent rolled in an appropriate cardboard tube.
Shipping costs include a contribution to the unavoidable expenses of packaging and handling of the artwork, amounting to a flat fee of €4.
I no longer offer the grouped shipping service because all artworks are packaged individually prior to sale to be shipped to collectors/buyers within the timeframe set by Catawiki.
Depending on your country of residence, you will now receive all our domestic and international shipments either via CHRONOPOST or UPS. The customs duties specific to your country of residence remain the sole responsibility of the buyer.
Customs clearance services, in addition to customs duties, port charges, VAT, and other applicable taxes, may be collected at destination upon delivery of the parcel.
If you change your mind after your purchase, we will easily find a solution that suits you. Let me know as soon as possible via private message.
Otherwise, the return shipping costs will be the responsibility of the buyer.

Dimensions: 50 x 50 cm.

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Seller's Story

JD ‒ Paris is a photographer and digital painter whose work explores light, emotion, and human presence at the heart of everyday life. Her images, at the crossroads of poetic realism and digital creation, reveal the fragile beauty of suspended moments. Inspired by masters such as Robert Doisneau, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindbergh, Annie Leibovitz and Vivian Maier, JD ‒ Paris develops a unique visual style: both intimate and contemporary, deeply rooted in urban sensibility. Her compositions are distinguished by a subtle mastery of light and reflections, where each print becomes a space for contemplation and dialogue between shadow and radiance. Throughout the 2010s, the artist presented his works at several exhibitions in partnership with Parisian town halls as well as in restaurants and cultural venues, thus affirming his desire to make art accessible to as many people as possible. Today, JD ‒ Paris continues its exploration of photography and digital painting through signed and numbered works, produced in limited editions. Each piece invites the viewer to enter a visual universe where light tells stories, between memory, emotion and modernity.
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JD - #1 - Looking Outside

Looking Outside – Between contemplation and contemporary surrealism

This intriguing work features a male figure, seated with his back to the viewer, facing an opening framed like a painting within the painting. Before him stretches an endless desert landscape, bathed in light, silent and almost unreal. The composition immediately establishes a dialogue between the interior and the exterior, confinement and escape.

The visual contrast is striking: the intense red of the enclosed space frames the window like a symbolic threshold, while the clear blue of the sky and the ochre tones of the desert evoke freedom, vastness, and suspended time. The stationary posture of the character, wearing a dark hat, reinforces the meditative atmosphere and invites an introspective reading of the scene.

The work is embedded in a contemporary surrealist aesthetic, recalling the spirit of metaphysical compositions and the plays with perspective dear to twentieth‑century art, while preserving a decidedly modern and pared‑down approach. The viewer becomes a witness to a moment of pause, between anticipation and mental projection.

A strong, conceptual piece, ideal for lovers of narrative art, modern surrealism, and works that question the human condition, time, and the gaze. It will naturally find its place in a contemporary collection or in a home with a bold, distinctive character.


Fine Art print without white margin on Hahnemühle paper / Edition 2025
New / Without white margin / Without frame.
Shipped rolled in an appropriate box, with an authenticity certificate (COA).

Delivery information (please read carefully before bidding):

This artwork - Fine Art print will be sent rolled in an appropriate cardboard tube.
Shipping costs include a contribution to the unavoidable expenses of packaging and handling of the artwork, amounting to a flat fee of €4.
I no longer offer the grouped shipping service because all artworks are packaged individually prior to sale to be shipped to collectors/buyers within the timeframe set by Catawiki.
Depending on your country of residence, you will now receive all our domestic and international shipments either via CHRONOPOST or UPS. The customs duties specific to your country of residence remain the sole responsibility of the buyer.
Customs clearance services, in addition to customs duties, port charges, VAT, and other applicable taxes, may be collected at destination upon delivery of the parcel.
If you change your mind after your purchase, we will easily find a solution that suits you. Let me know as soon as possible via private message.
Otherwise, the return shipping costs will be the responsibility of the buyer.

Dimensions: 50 x 50 cm.

#freshtalents
#newoncatawiki #contemporaryart #symbolism #artcollector #visionaryart

Seller's Story

JD ‒ Paris is a photographer and digital painter whose work explores light, emotion, and human presence at the heart of everyday life. Her images, at the crossroads of poetic realism and digital creation, reveal the fragile beauty of suspended moments. Inspired by masters such as Robert Doisneau, Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindbergh, Annie Leibovitz and Vivian Maier, JD ‒ Paris develops a unique visual style: both intimate and contemporary, deeply rooted in urban sensibility. Her compositions are distinguished by a subtle mastery of light and reflections, where each print becomes a space for contemplation and dialogue between shadow and radiance. Throughout the 2010s, the artist presented his works at several exhibitions in partnership with Parisian town halls as well as in restaurants and cultural venues, thus affirming his desire to make art accessible to as many people as possible. Today, JD ‒ Paris continues its exploration of photography and digital painting through signed and numbered works, produced in limited editions. Each piece invites the viewer to enter a visual universe where light tells stories, between memory, emotion and modernity.
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Details

Artist
JD Paris
Sold with frame
No
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
2/10
Title of artwork
#1 - Looking Outside
Technique
AI, Digital painting, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
France
Year
2025
Condition
Good condition
Height
50 cm
Width
50 cm
Depiction/Theme
Landscape
Style
Surrealism
Period
2020+
Sold by
FranceVerified
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Objects sold
100%
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