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Cristine Balarine's Self portrait of a vase of flowers _ original abstract painting on fine art paper framed ready to hang, 2025, acrylics, oils, oil sticks, pastels and graphite on fine art paper, overall 50x50x6 cm including frame, 30x30 cm unframed, sold with frame, original edition, hand signed, excellent condition, ready to hang, framed in fibreboard natural birch wood with acrylic glass.
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Original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine
Size of the painting unframed: 30x30cm cm
Size of the painting including frame: 50x50x6cm
Medium: acrylics, oils, oil sticks, pastels and graphite on fine art paper
Ready to hang: yes
Frame: fibreboard natural birch wood effect with acrylic glass
Signature: verso, also signed Certificate
Year: 2025
Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
ABOUT THE PAINTING:
This piece is part of a body of work I have been slowly forming since the beginning of the year. It is rooted in an intuitive and process-driven approach to abstraction. At the studio I feel a deep engagement with materiality, exploring the dynamic possibilities of oils and acrylics through layering, drawing, and rearticulation, looking at the Brazilian land in its history, culture and nature, but also breathing the natural world around me in short-lived memories from here in Sicily. Thus, the works are expansive and densely coloured, serving as meditations on nature, the body, and the act of painting itself.
Each work evolves undergoing countless transformations as I navigate the tension between destruction and resolution, freedom and control. I embrace an open-ended dialogue with my paintings, allowing them to dictate their own direction as they shift and breathe. The surface becomes a site of negotiation, where time, texture, and gesture coalesce into compositions that feel alive—almost sentient. Rather than imposing a fixed outcome, I position myself as both maker and observer, responding to the paintings as they emerge through the process.
For other works in this collection see my Catawiki artist profile, discounted shipping available for multiple purchases.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Cristine Balarine is a contemporary Brazilian artist and architect based in between the Aeolian Islands, Sicily and Abu Dhabi. With a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Bartlett, University College London, and a background in Florentine Renaissance art history,
Cristine’s works have been selected to be exhibited internationally including the S otheby’s London, London Biennale in the UK, Florence Biennale in Italy and World Art Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Her passion for collaboration has led her to engage with musicians and DJs, merging visual art and music in immersive performances. She recently established an open studio in the picturesque Aeolian Islands in Sicily where she works and hosts open studio events seasonally.
Seller's Story
Cristine Balarine is a contemporary Brazilian artist based in the Aeolian Islands, Sicily. With a Master’s degree in Architecture from The Bartlett, UCL and a foundation in Florentine Renaissance art history, her multidisciplinary background informs a practice grounded in abstraction, material exploration and spatial deconstruction. Drawing on her Indigenous, African, and European heritage and shaped by life on a remote Sicilian island, Balarine’s work explores the entangled relationships between land, memory and identity, subverting figurative representations of urban and natural realms to reveal lyrical and unreliable narratives of landscapes both distant and familiar.
Balarine’s work has been presented internationally, including a charity exhibition and auction at S otheby’s London in 2024, curated by Dr. Madeleine Haddon of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was the first prize winner of ArtBAM, a competition run by the Munich-based gallery Konsum 163. Finalist in both the London and Florence Biennials in 2023, she has also participated in key global art events such as World Art Dubai and Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair. Her solo exhibitions have been showcased at the Lighthouse Museum in Sicily and at her artist-led gallery in the Aeolian Islands.
Her collaborative practice spans visual art, sound and performance, frequently engaging with musicians and DJs to create cross-disciplinary installations and live interventions. Her ongoing project with OWN! Collective, Fault Lines, brings painting into dialogue with music, forming immersive, synaesthetic spaces that challenge the conventional boundaries between visual and auditory perception.
www. cristinebalarineart .com
Original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine
Size of the painting unframed: 30x30cm cm
Size of the painting including frame: 50x50x6cm
Medium: acrylics, oils, oil sticks, pastels and graphite on fine art paper
Ready to hang: yes
Frame: fibreboard natural birch wood effect with acrylic glass
Signature: verso, also signed Certificate
Year: 2025
Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
ABOUT THE PAINTING:
This piece is part of a body of work I have been slowly forming since the beginning of the year. It is rooted in an intuitive and process-driven approach to abstraction. At the studio I feel a deep engagement with materiality, exploring the dynamic possibilities of oils and acrylics through layering, drawing, and rearticulation, looking at the Brazilian land in its history, culture and nature, but also breathing the natural world around me in short-lived memories from here in Sicily. Thus, the works are expansive and densely coloured, serving as meditations on nature, the body, and the act of painting itself.
Each work evolves undergoing countless transformations as I navigate the tension between destruction and resolution, freedom and control. I embrace an open-ended dialogue with my paintings, allowing them to dictate their own direction as they shift and breathe. The surface becomes a site of negotiation, where time, texture, and gesture coalesce into compositions that feel alive—almost sentient. Rather than imposing a fixed outcome, I position myself as both maker and observer, responding to the paintings as they emerge through the process.
For other works in this collection see my Catawiki artist profile, discounted shipping available for multiple purchases.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Cristine Balarine is a contemporary Brazilian artist and architect based in between the Aeolian Islands, Sicily and Abu Dhabi. With a Master’s degree in Architecture from the Bartlett, University College London, and a background in Florentine Renaissance art history,
Cristine’s works have been selected to be exhibited internationally including the S otheby’s London, London Biennale in the UK, Florence Biennale in Italy and World Art Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Her passion for collaboration has led her to engage with musicians and DJs, merging visual art and music in immersive performances. She recently established an open studio in the picturesque Aeolian Islands in Sicily where she works and hosts open studio events seasonally.
Seller's Story
Cristine Balarine is a contemporary Brazilian artist based in the Aeolian Islands, Sicily. With a Master’s degree in Architecture from The Bartlett, UCL and a foundation in Florentine Renaissance art history, her multidisciplinary background informs a practice grounded in abstraction, material exploration and spatial deconstruction. Drawing on her Indigenous, African, and European heritage and shaped by life on a remote Sicilian island, Balarine’s work explores the entangled relationships between land, memory and identity, subverting figurative representations of urban and natural realms to reveal lyrical and unreliable narratives of landscapes both distant and familiar.
Balarine’s work has been presented internationally, including a charity exhibition and auction at S otheby’s London in 2024, curated by Dr. Madeleine Haddon of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was the first prize winner of ArtBAM, a competition run by the Munich-based gallery Konsum 163. Finalist in both the London and Florence Biennials in 2023, she has also participated in key global art events such as World Art Dubai and Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair. Her solo exhibitions have been showcased at the Lighthouse Museum in Sicily and at her artist-led gallery in the Aeolian Islands.
Her collaborative practice spans visual art, sound and performance, frequently engaging with musicians and DJs to create cross-disciplinary installations and live interventions. Her ongoing project with OWN! Collective, Fault Lines, brings painting into dialogue with music, forming immersive, synaesthetic spaces that challenge the conventional boundaries between visual and auditory perception.
www. cristinebalarineart .com
Details
Artist
Cristine Balarine
Sold with frame
Yes
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Self portrait of a vase of flowers _ original abstract painting on fine art paper framed ready to
Technique
Acrylic painting, Pastel
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Italy
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Blue, Green, Multicolour, Orange, Pink
Height
50 cm
Width
50 cm
Depiction/Theme
Landscape
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Period
2020+
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