Valdi - The Surprise of Finding You - XL
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Valdi presents The Surprise of Finding You - XL, an original contemporary acrylic painting on canvas from 2026, measuring 100 cm high by 70 cm wide, signed by hand and delivered directly from the artist with a certificate of authenticity.
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The Surprise of Finding You
There are encounters that happen before we have time to prepare for them. A gesture, a look that turns away from the scene and, suddenly, everything happening around ceases to have importance.
In The Surprise of Finding You, Valdi builds the image precisely around that moment. The protagonist seems to have recognized someone unexpectedly. Her hand moves toward her face, her lips remain slightly parted, and her attention shifts completely toward something we cannot see. The glass remains to one side, forgotten, like a small clue that just a second ago the story was another.
The work thus plays with what lies outside the painting. We do not know who has arrived or what that encounter means, and it is precisely that absence that allows the viewer to complete the scene from their own experience: a love, a friendship, someone from the past or simply a presence that they did not expect to find.
With her characteristic use of intense colors and defined forms, Valdi transforms an everyday moment into a small open story, full of surprise, elegance, and emotion.
Original and unique work, created and signed by Valdi. It is delivered accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
The Surprise of Finding You
There are encounters that happen before we have time to prepare for them. A gesture, a look that turns away from the scene and, suddenly, everything happening around ceases to have importance.
In The Surprise of Finding You, Valdi builds the image precisely around that moment. The protagonist seems to have recognized someone unexpectedly. Her hand moves toward her face, her lips remain slightly parted, and her attention shifts completely toward something we cannot see. The glass remains to one side, forgotten, like a small clue that just a second ago the story was another.
The work thus plays with what lies outside the painting. We do not know who has arrived or what that encounter means, and it is precisely that absence that allows the viewer to complete the scene from their own experience: a love, a friendship, someone from the past or simply a presence that they did not expect to find.
With her characteristic use of intense colors and defined forms, Valdi transforms an everyday moment into a small open story, full of surprise, elegance, and emotion.
Original and unique work, created and signed by Valdi. It is delivered accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Details
Artist
Valdi
Edition
Original
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
No
Title of artwork
The Surprise of Finding You - XL
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Spain
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Beige, Blue, Brown, Cream, Gold, Grey, Multicolour, Pink, Purple, Red, Turquoise, White, Yellow
Height
100 cm
Width
70 cm
Weight
1 kg
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
