Montiel (1985) - "ENCUENTRO"
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Montiel (1985), original 60 x 81 cm acrylic painting titled ENCUENTRO, signed by hand, created in 2026 in Spain, a contemporary marine landscape, in excellent condition, sold directly by the artist.
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“Encounter” 60 X 81 CM.
Two life forms face each other in a suspended space, where time seems to have stopped just before resolving. The disproportion between the two figures is not only physical but symbolic: one embodies the vast, the inevitable, that which drags history and force; the other, the singular, the delicate, that which exists in constant risk.
However, the “encounter” does not belong solely to the realm of threat. It is also recognition. The bigger fish does not just look: it confronts the irreducible presence of the other. The red fish, far from fleeing, takes its place with an intensity that defies its fragility. In that shared instant, both cease to be only what they are —predator and possible prey— to become two existences that intersect.
The work thus opens a tension between fate and possibility. Is this the beginning of an announced end or the appearance of an unexpected relationship? “Encounter” inhabits precisely that interval: the moment when the world could tilt toward violence or toward a form, almost improbable, of balance.
“Encounter” 60 X 81 CM.
Two life forms face each other in a suspended space, where time seems to have stopped just before resolving. The disproportion between the two figures is not only physical but symbolic: one embodies the vast, the inevitable, that which drags history and force; the other, the singular, the delicate, that which exists in constant risk.
However, the “encounter” does not belong solely to the realm of threat. It is also recognition. The bigger fish does not just look: it confronts the irreducible presence of the other. The red fish, far from fleeing, takes its place with an intensity that defies its fragility. In that shared instant, both cease to be only what they are —predator and possible prey— to become two existences that intersect.
The work thus opens a tension between fate and possibility. Is this the beginning of an announced end or the appearance of an unexpected relationship? “Encounter” inhabits precisely that interval: the moment when the world could tilt toward violence or toward a form, almost improbable, of balance.
Details
Artist
Montiel (1985)
Edition
Original
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
No
Title of artwork
"ENCUENTRO"
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Cream
Height
60 cm
Width
81 cm
Weight
1.12 kg
Depiction/theme
Seascape
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
