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Maria Ruisi’s WHEN THE SEA BREATHES (2024) is a unique original sculptural 3D acrylic and resin relief with silver accents, measures 42 × 32 cm and 3 cm deep, hand-signed and fully identified on the reverse, sold with its original minimalist presentation box and frame, depicting an abstract interior-scene inspired by the sea, originating from Latvia and kept in excellent condition.
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MARIA RUISI — WHEN THE SEA BREATHES — 2024
UNIQUE SCULPTURAL 3D ARTWORK — ACRYLIC, RESIN, SILVER AND ARTISTIC PIGMENTS
Artist: Maria Ruisi
Title: When the Sea Breathes
Year: 2024
Medium: Sculptural 3D acrylic and resin relief, artistic pigments, silver spray and professional protective acrylic medium
Dimensions: 42 × 32 cm
Depth: 3 cm
Presentation: Original minimalist white US box included
Display: Two possible orientations — portrait or landscape
Rarity: Unique original artwork — 1/1
Condition: Excellent
Signature: Hand-signed and fully identified on the reverse
Unique Identifier: AAG-WSB-MR-2024-001
Certificate of Authenticity: Included, issued by Abstract Art Gallery
Guarantee: Lifetime authenticity guarantee provided by Abstract Art Gallery
Location: Riga, Latvia
WHEN THE SEA BECOMES SCULPTURE
When the Sea Breathes is a unique sculptural artwork by Maria Ruisi, founder and artistic director of Abstract Art Gallery in Riga.
Created in 2024, the composition transforms the rhythm of the sea into an intensely tactile surface. Successive formations in turquoise, petrol blue, emerald green and subtle violet rise from the artwork like waves captured at the moment before they break.
Silver accents follow the crests of these sculpted movements, reflecting surrounding light and giving the work a constantly changing presence. Darker recesses create depth, while the glossy resin passages intensify the blues and produce the sensation of water in continuous motion.
The work is not intended to be experienced from one fixed viewpoint. Seen from the front, it appears as a dense marine landscape. Viewed from the side, its pronounced relief becomes fully visible, revealing an almost architectural construction of raised forms, shadows and luminous edges.
TWO ORIENTATIONS — TWO DISTINCT CHARACTERS
The artwork has been conceived to be displayed in two different orientations.
In portrait position, the forms rise vertically and suggest an ascending marine current. The composition feels energetic, powerful and expansive.
In landscape position, the same elements unfold into a broad succession of waves. The rhythm becomes calmer, deeper and more contemplative, evoking an infinite sea observed from above.
Both orientations are visually complete and give the collector the freedom to transform the character of the artwork according to the interior, the light or the desired atmosphere.
MATERIALS AND CREATION
The artwork was entirely created by hand through a demanding process combining sculptural acrylic relief, resin, artistic pigments, silver spray and professional acrylic medium.
Each raised formation was individually shaped to create depth and movement. The resin strengthens the visual intensity of the colours and produces transparent, water-like reflections. Silver details illuminate the relief, while turquoise, emerald, petrol blue and violet pigments create a rich and evolving chromatic field.
A professional protective medium provides enhanced resistance to ultraviolet light and environmental humidity, helping preserve the colours, relief and luminous finish over time.
This is a genuine handmade original. It is not a print, reproduction or edition.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Maria Ruisi, born in 1983, is a contemporary artist, PhD engineer and the founder and artistic director of Abstract Art Gallery in Riga.
Her artistic practice brings together creative intuition, scientific precision and extensive research into materials. She is particularly recognised for sculptural compositions in which acrylic, resin, pigments, texture, relief and reflected light become inseparable.
Rather than treating the surface as a flat image, Ruisi constructs it as a living structure. Light travels across the raised elements, shadows shift throughout the day and the appearance of the artwork evolves according to distance and viewing angle.
Her work explores energy, transformation, natural forces and the invisible movements that connect matter with emotion. Every composition is individually created by hand and possesses its own unreproducible structure.
ORIGINAL PRESENTATION
The artwork is presented in its original minimalist white US box, specially selected to create a clean visual separation between the sculptural composition and the surrounding wall.
Its 3 cm depth reinforces the physical presence of the relief while maintaining an elegant and contemporary appearance. No additional decorative frame is required.
AUTHENTICITY AND PROVENANCE
Provenance: Maria Ruisi’s studio → Abstract Art Gallery, Riga.
The artwork is hand-signed and fully documented on the reverse with its title, artist’s name, year, dimensions and unique identification number.
It is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Abstract Art Gallery and protected by the gallery’s lifetime authenticity guarantee.
SHIPPING AND COLLECTOR SERVICE
The artwork will be carefully protected using professional gallery-grade packaging, reinforced corners and rigid protective materials.
Worldwide delivery is provided by DHL Express with shipment tracking.
Abstract Art Gallery also provides dedicated after-sales assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ensuring professional support before, during and after delivery.
A rare opportunity to acquire a unique sculptural artwork by Maria Ruisi, founder of Abstract Art Gallery, combining marine energy, three-dimensional relief and continuously changing light.
Seller's Story
ABSTRACT ART GALLERY
Abstract, sculptural & contemporary paintings — Unique artworks — Lifetime guarantee — Worldwide free shipping
Fast dispatch from Riga International Airport within 24 to 48 hours after order confirmation. Delivery time then depends on the collector's country and the international carrier. Every artwork is carefully packaged, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity, and benefits from a lifetime guarantee. The gallery is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via Catawiki messaging for any advice, tracking, or information.
For collectors, resellers and galleries: artworks can be held by the gallery, perfectly stored and ready. Gift packaging, certificate, artwork message, and custom dedication included. Direct shipping to your client available on request.
Abstract Art Gallery (SIA Positive International Art) is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2010, based in Riga, Latvia, specialising in contemporary abstraction, sculptural minimalism, and in-depth research on materials, textures, and depth.
The gallery represents a curated roster of contemporary artists, each bringing a distinct technique and artistic language — from acrylic pouring and sculptural relief to mixed media on canvas and 3D acrylic-resin work. Every artist is selected for their commitment to material research, craftsmanship, and long-term artistic integrity.
Types of works available
The gallery offers exclusively original contemporary artworks, carefully selected, including abstract minimalist works, textured and sculptural compositions, relief and 3D pieces, and large-scale wall pieces with strong architectural presence.
Custom commissions are available upon request across the gallery's roster of artists. Any format, dimension, or colour palette that can be conceived and realised can be created, tailored precisely to your space and vision.
Standard formats include 50 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 61 × 91 cm, 120 × 120 cm, 123 × 53 cm, as well as larger formats depending on the work. Depths generally range from 0.2 cm (canvas works) to 5–7 cm, and can reach up to 12 cm for certain sculptural pieces, offering a strong interaction between form, light, and space.
Frames and presentation options include US Box white, US Box black, slim aluminium frame, protective transport tube for unframed canvases, and other premium finishing options available on request.
Materials and Quality
Works are created using high-end materials selected across Europe, with particular attention given to quality, stability, and longevity. Depending on the artist and the piece, the gallery uses premium wood supports, professional-grade canvas, fine acrylic pigments, natural fibers, resin, and finishes selected for their long-term resistance. Each work is presented with careful attention to detail, finish, and presentation.
Expertise and Artistic Vision
Abstract Art Gallery stands apart through a curatorial approach that combines artistic sensitivity with material research — continuous exploration of texture, pigment, matter, and light across its artists' practices. Works are designed to integrate into modern interiors, architectural spaces, executive offices, hotels, galleries, and private collections, while maintaining a strong artistic identity.
For Collectors
Works offered by the gallery are conceived as genuine artistic investments, with high durability, museum-level quality, and an aesthetic designed to transcend time. Shipping is free worldwide, carefully protected and insured, and every work benefits from a lifetime guarantee on colour fastness and material quality under normal exhibition conditions.
Custom commissions are welcome. Whether you have a specific size, a particular colour palette, or a precise vision for your space, our artists can create a work tailored exactly to what you have in mind. Contact us via Catawiki messaging to discuss your project.
Abstract Art Gallery
Contemporary Art — Sculptural & Abstract Works — Multiple Represented Artists
Gallery Quality — Artistic Research — Excellence in Materials
Translated by Google TranslateMARIA RUISI — WHEN THE SEA BREATHES — 2024
UNIQUE SCULPTURAL 3D ARTWORK — ACRYLIC, RESIN, SILVER AND ARTISTIC PIGMENTS
Artist: Maria Ruisi
Title: When the Sea Breathes
Year: 2024
Medium: Sculptural 3D acrylic and resin relief, artistic pigments, silver spray and professional protective acrylic medium
Dimensions: 42 × 32 cm
Depth: 3 cm
Presentation: Original minimalist white US box included
Display: Two possible orientations — portrait or landscape
Rarity: Unique original artwork — 1/1
Condition: Excellent
Signature: Hand-signed and fully identified on the reverse
Unique Identifier: AAG-WSB-MR-2024-001
Certificate of Authenticity: Included, issued by Abstract Art Gallery
Guarantee: Lifetime authenticity guarantee provided by Abstract Art Gallery
Location: Riga, Latvia
WHEN THE SEA BECOMES SCULPTURE
When the Sea Breathes is a unique sculptural artwork by Maria Ruisi, founder and artistic director of Abstract Art Gallery in Riga.
Created in 2024, the composition transforms the rhythm of the sea into an intensely tactile surface. Successive formations in turquoise, petrol blue, emerald green and subtle violet rise from the artwork like waves captured at the moment before they break.
Silver accents follow the crests of these sculpted movements, reflecting surrounding light and giving the work a constantly changing presence. Darker recesses create depth, while the glossy resin passages intensify the blues and produce the sensation of water in continuous motion.
The work is not intended to be experienced from one fixed viewpoint. Seen from the front, it appears as a dense marine landscape. Viewed from the side, its pronounced relief becomes fully visible, revealing an almost architectural construction of raised forms, shadows and luminous edges.
TWO ORIENTATIONS — TWO DISTINCT CHARACTERS
The artwork has been conceived to be displayed in two different orientations.
In portrait position, the forms rise vertically and suggest an ascending marine current. The composition feels energetic, powerful and expansive.
In landscape position, the same elements unfold into a broad succession of waves. The rhythm becomes calmer, deeper and more contemplative, evoking an infinite sea observed from above.
Both orientations are visually complete and give the collector the freedom to transform the character of the artwork according to the interior, the light or the desired atmosphere.
MATERIALS AND CREATION
The artwork was entirely created by hand through a demanding process combining sculptural acrylic relief, resin, artistic pigments, silver spray and professional acrylic medium.
Each raised formation was individually shaped to create depth and movement. The resin strengthens the visual intensity of the colours and produces transparent, water-like reflections. Silver details illuminate the relief, while turquoise, emerald, petrol blue and violet pigments create a rich and evolving chromatic field.
A professional protective medium provides enhanced resistance to ultraviolet light and environmental humidity, helping preserve the colours, relief and luminous finish over time.
This is a genuine handmade original. It is not a print, reproduction or edition.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Maria Ruisi, born in 1983, is a contemporary artist, PhD engineer and the founder and artistic director of Abstract Art Gallery in Riga.
Her artistic practice brings together creative intuition, scientific precision and extensive research into materials. She is particularly recognised for sculptural compositions in which acrylic, resin, pigments, texture, relief and reflected light become inseparable.
Rather than treating the surface as a flat image, Ruisi constructs it as a living structure. Light travels across the raised elements, shadows shift throughout the day and the appearance of the artwork evolves according to distance and viewing angle.
Her work explores energy, transformation, natural forces and the invisible movements that connect matter with emotion. Every composition is individually created by hand and possesses its own unreproducible structure.
ORIGINAL PRESENTATION
The artwork is presented in its original minimalist white US box, specially selected to create a clean visual separation between the sculptural composition and the surrounding wall.
Its 3 cm depth reinforces the physical presence of the relief while maintaining an elegant and contemporary appearance. No additional decorative frame is required.
AUTHENTICITY AND PROVENANCE
Provenance: Maria Ruisi’s studio → Abstract Art Gallery, Riga.
The artwork is hand-signed and fully documented on the reverse with its title, artist’s name, year, dimensions and unique identification number.
It is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Abstract Art Gallery and protected by the gallery’s lifetime authenticity guarantee.
SHIPPING AND COLLECTOR SERVICE
The artwork will be carefully protected using professional gallery-grade packaging, reinforced corners and rigid protective materials.
Worldwide delivery is provided by DHL Express with shipment tracking.
Abstract Art Gallery also provides dedicated after-sales assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week, ensuring professional support before, during and after delivery.
A rare opportunity to acquire a unique sculptural artwork by Maria Ruisi, founder of Abstract Art Gallery, combining marine energy, three-dimensional relief and continuously changing light.
Seller's Story
ABSTRACT ART GALLERY
Abstract, sculptural & contemporary paintings — Unique artworks — Lifetime guarantee — Worldwide free shipping
Fast dispatch from Riga International Airport within 24 to 48 hours after order confirmation. Delivery time then depends on the collector's country and the international carrier. Every artwork is carefully packaged, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity, and benefits from a lifetime guarantee. The gallery is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via Catawiki messaging for any advice, tracking, or information.
For collectors, resellers and galleries: artworks can be held by the gallery, perfectly stored and ready. Gift packaging, certificate, artwork message, and custom dedication included. Direct shipping to your client available on request.
Abstract Art Gallery (SIA Positive International Art) is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2010, based in Riga, Latvia, specialising in contemporary abstraction, sculptural minimalism, and in-depth research on materials, textures, and depth.
The gallery represents a curated roster of contemporary artists, each bringing a distinct technique and artistic language — from acrylic pouring and sculptural relief to mixed media on canvas and 3D acrylic-resin work. Every artist is selected for their commitment to material research, craftsmanship, and long-term artistic integrity.
Types of works available
The gallery offers exclusively original contemporary artworks, carefully selected, including abstract minimalist works, textured and sculptural compositions, relief and 3D pieces, and large-scale wall pieces with strong architectural presence.
Custom commissions are available upon request across the gallery's roster of artists. Any format, dimension, or colour palette that can be conceived and realised can be created, tailored precisely to your space and vision.
Standard formats include 50 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 61 × 91 cm, 120 × 120 cm, 123 × 53 cm, as well as larger formats depending on the work. Depths generally range from 0.2 cm (canvas works) to 5–7 cm, and can reach up to 12 cm for certain sculptural pieces, offering a strong interaction between form, light, and space.
Frames and presentation options include US Box white, US Box black, slim aluminium frame, protective transport tube for unframed canvases, and other premium finishing options available on request.
Materials and Quality
Works are created using high-end materials selected across Europe, with particular attention given to quality, stability, and longevity. Depending on the artist and the piece, the gallery uses premium wood supports, professional-grade canvas, fine acrylic pigments, natural fibers, resin, and finishes selected for their long-term resistance. Each work is presented with careful attention to detail, finish, and presentation.
Expertise and Artistic Vision
Abstract Art Gallery stands apart through a curatorial approach that combines artistic sensitivity with material research — continuous exploration of texture, pigment, matter, and light across its artists' practices. Works are designed to integrate into modern interiors, architectural spaces, executive offices, hotels, galleries, and private collections, while maintaining a strong artistic identity.
For Collectors
Works offered by the gallery are conceived as genuine artistic investments, with high durability, museum-level quality, and an aesthetic designed to transcend time. Shipping is free worldwide, carefully protected and insured, and every work benefits from a lifetime guarantee on colour fastness and material quality under normal exhibition conditions.
Custom commissions are welcome. Whether you have a specific size, a particular colour palette, or a precise vision for your space, our artists can create a work tailored exactly to what you have in mind. Contact us via Catawiki messaging to discuss your project.
Abstract Art Gallery
Contemporary Art — Sculptural & Abstract Works — Multiple Represented Artists
Gallery Quality — Artistic Research — Excellence in Materials
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Edition
Original
Artist
MARIA RUISI
Title of artwork
WHEN THE SEA BREATHES
Technique
Acrylic painting, Mixed media, Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed, Signed
Country of origin
Latvia
Year
2024
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
42 cm
Width
32 cm
Weight
2 kg
Depiction/theme
Interior scene
Style
Abstract
Period
2020+
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