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Nush Menna – YEUX DE MER SANS HORIZON, oil on canvas, 30 × 40 cm, original unique artwork, signed by the artist, certificate of authenticity included, 2025, Italy, sold directly by the artist.
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SEA EYES WITHOUT A HORIZON
Artist: NUSH Menna
Title: Yeux de mer sans horizon
Year: 2026
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 × 40 cm
Original unique work
Certificate of authenticity: yes, signed by the artist
Protective final varnish
” belongs to NUSH Menna's painterly research devoted to the contemporary face.
The portrait nearly fills the entire canvas. The close crop eliminates any superfluous narrative element and concentrates the view on the face, especially the eyes: green, threaded with turquoise and aquatic variations, emerging from the dark mass of hair and the warmth of the complexion.
From here the title, “Yeux de mer sans horizon” — Ocean eyes without a horizon. A sea enclosed in the gaze, with no line to indicate where it ends.
The painting proceeds through a precise, layered oil technique. Thin glazes gradually build the complexion, the transparencies, and the color variations of the skin; very fine brushes are used in the details of the eyes, lashes, freckles, and hair. Some areas retain a more evident painterly material, allowing the physical presence of the canvas and the gesture to be felt.
The contrast between the dark hair, the reds and pinks of the face, and the almost marine brightness of the eyes defines the visual center of the work.
CRITICAL NOTE
In NUSH Menna’s research, the portrait does not simply reproduce a physiognomy. Her faces belong to the present, yet possess something archetypal: figures without a declared biography, suspended between individual and image.
In “Yeux de mer sans horizon” this tension is entrusted primarily to the gaze. The frontal presentation recalls the tradition of portraiture, while the makeup, the close photographic cut, and the chromatic intensity belong to contemporary visual culture. The hyperrealist precision coexists with a painted surface that remains visible: up close, glazing, small color passages, and brush traces appear.
The face thus seems familiar without belonging to anyone we can truly know. The eyes look beyond the canvas, yet hold something. It is in that distance that the title finds its space: a sea whose surface we see without being able to find the horizon.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK
Original, unique work, painted entirely by the artist in 2026.
The painted surface is protected by a final varnish, applied to preserve the color and painting over time.
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
The work is offered without a frame. Any frames, mats, and visible surroundings in the photographs are for illustrative purposes only and show possible display solutions.
If the sale price significantly exceeds the reserve price, the artist may include a simple frame as a complimentary gift selected in harmony with the work. Otherwise, the work will be shipped unframed, carefully protected and rolled in a rigid tube suitable for transport.
SHIPPING
Careful shipping with professional packaging, designed to protect the work during transport.
Where possible, recyclable and recycled packaging materials are used or reused, with the aim of reducing waste and the environmental impact of shipping.
PHOTO NOTE
The photographs of the work are taken trying to reproduce colors, brightness, and surface texture as faithfully as possible.
Small color differences may occur due to lighting conditions during photography and due to different technologies, calibrations, and settings of smartphones, tablets, and monitors used to view the images.
The staged images are illustrative simulations. Proportions may appear slightly different depending on the depicted environment. For the actual dimensions of the work, the measures stated in this sheet are authoritative: 30 × 40 cm.
- NUSH Menna, 2026
Original, unique work.
Possibility to visit the works on the personal site.
Seller's Story
My painting is born from the desire to explore the human being in contemporary time, between identity, symbols, and inner transformations. I do not simply paint what I see, but what I perceive behind the image: emotions, fragility, tensions, and contradictions that belong to our era.
My work develops through a layered and slow oil technique, where every detail has a meaning and every element contributes to the narrative of the piece. The figures I paint do not represent merely individuals, but universal conditions: vulnerability, strength, loneliness, and the longing for connection.
For me painting is an act of research and authenticity, a way to restore depth in a world dominated by speed and superficial image. Through color, light, and composition I seek to create works capable of maintaining a living relationship with those who observe them over time.
My works are present in international private collections and are mainly created in oil on canvas, with a constant production and an artistic research in continual evolution.
"ZEITGEISTTEPERAMENTLOS [SPIRITO - DEL - TEMPO - SENZA - SPIRITO]
Riflesso di un attento "studium" travestito da distratto "punctum" - raccolta di ritratti senza identità - costellazione claustrofobica di tribù urbane - moltitudini solitarie - selfie ugualmente di sé massificati per te distratto - istantanee di un passato presente - colori forti per spiriti fragili - profonda superficialità - spirito - del - tempo - senza - spirito."
Translated by Google TranslateSEA EYES WITHOUT A HORIZON
Artist: NUSH Menna
Title: Yeux de mer sans horizon
Year: 2026
Technique: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 × 40 cm
Original unique work
Certificate of authenticity: yes, signed by the artist
Protective final varnish
” belongs to NUSH Menna's painterly research devoted to the contemporary face.
The portrait nearly fills the entire canvas. The close crop eliminates any superfluous narrative element and concentrates the view on the face, especially the eyes: green, threaded with turquoise and aquatic variations, emerging from the dark mass of hair and the warmth of the complexion.
From here the title, “Yeux de mer sans horizon” — Ocean eyes without a horizon. A sea enclosed in the gaze, with no line to indicate where it ends.
The painting proceeds through a precise, layered oil technique. Thin glazes gradually build the complexion, the transparencies, and the color variations of the skin; very fine brushes are used in the details of the eyes, lashes, freckles, and hair. Some areas retain a more evident painterly material, allowing the physical presence of the canvas and the gesture to be felt.
The contrast between the dark hair, the reds and pinks of the face, and the almost marine brightness of the eyes defines the visual center of the work.
CRITICAL NOTE
In NUSH Menna’s research, the portrait does not simply reproduce a physiognomy. Her faces belong to the present, yet possess something archetypal: figures without a declared biography, suspended between individual and image.
In “Yeux de mer sans horizon” this tension is entrusted primarily to the gaze. The frontal presentation recalls the tradition of portraiture, while the makeup, the close photographic cut, and the chromatic intensity belong to contemporary visual culture. The hyperrealist precision coexists with a painted surface that remains visible: up close, glazing, small color passages, and brush traces appear.
The face thus seems familiar without belonging to anyone we can truly know. The eyes look beyond the canvas, yet hold something. It is in that distance that the title finds its space: a sea whose surface we see without being able to find the horizon.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORK
Original, unique work, painted entirely by the artist in 2026.
The painted surface is protected by a final varnish, applied to preserve the color and painting over time.
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
The work is offered without a frame. Any frames, mats, and visible surroundings in the photographs are for illustrative purposes only and show possible display solutions.
If the sale price significantly exceeds the reserve price, the artist may include a simple frame as a complimentary gift selected in harmony with the work. Otherwise, the work will be shipped unframed, carefully protected and rolled in a rigid tube suitable for transport.
SHIPPING
Careful shipping with professional packaging, designed to protect the work during transport.
Where possible, recyclable and recycled packaging materials are used or reused, with the aim of reducing waste and the environmental impact of shipping.
PHOTO NOTE
The photographs of the work are taken trying to reproduce colors, brightness, and surface texture as faithfully as possible.
Small color differences may occur due to lighting conditions during photography and due to different technologies, calibrations, and settings of smartphones, tablets, and monitors used to view the images.
The staged images are illustrative simulations. Proportions may appear slightly different depending on the depicted environment. For the actual dimensions of the work, the measures stated in this sheet are authoritative: 30 × 40 cm.
- NUSH Menna, 2026
Original, unique work.
Possibility to visit the works on the personal site.
Seller's Story
My painting is born from the desire to explore the human being in contemporary time, between identity, symbols, and inner transformations. I do not simply paint what I see, but what I perceive behind the image: emotions, fragility, tensions, and contradictions that belong to our era.
My work develops through a layered and slow oil technique, where every detail has a meaning and every element contributes to the narrative of the piece. The figures I paint do not represent merely individuals, but universal conditions: vulnerability, strength, loneliness, and the longing for connection.
For me painting is an act of research and authenticity, a way to restore depth in a world dominated by speed and superficial image. Through color, light, and composition I seek to create works capable of maintaining a living relationship with those who observe them over time.
My works are present in international private collections and are mainly created in oil on canvas, with a constant production and an artistic research in continual evolution.
"ZEITGEISTTEPERAMENTLOS [SPIRITO - DEL - TEMPO - SENZA - SPIRITO]
Riflesso di un attento "studium" travestito da distratto "punctum" - raccolta di ritratti senza identità - costellazione claustrofobica di tribù urbane - moltitudini solitarie - selfie ugualmente di sé massificati per te distratto - istantanee di un passato presente - colori forti per spiriti fragili - profonda superficialità - spirito - del - tempo - senza - spirito."
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Artist
Nush Menna
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
YEUX DE MER SANS HORIZON
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
40 cm
Width
30 cm
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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