Original one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine Size of the painting unframed: 50 x 70 cm Size of the painting including frame: 60 x 90 cm Medium: Acrylics, pastels, traditional calligraphy ink, and watercolour pencils and sticks on fine art paper Ready to hang: yes Frame: powder coated metal frame with acrylic glass Signature: verso, also signed Certificate Year: 2024 Finish: silky varnish with UV protection ABOUT THE PAINTING: As winter is starting to dissipate in Lipari Island, Sicily, I sit in my garden in a beautiful sunny day thinking about summer and how much I want to have a nice long swim at open sea again. About this collection: I am delighted to announce Rain at Sea - An Aeolian Tale, a solo exhibition celebrating my studio opening in Lipari Island, Sicily. This new body of work presents a series of multilayered abstract landscapes featuring imagery evocative of the local natural realities, suggesting growth, transition, and movement. Created with a multitude of mediums, from acrylics to calligraphy inks, oil paint and sticks, these new paintings exponentially expand my investigation of the relationship between gesture and painting. The dynamic canvases and works on paper evoke associations with nature that at times suggest both sea and land, shifting subtly between representation and abstraction. This collection presents paintings which are extremely physical compositions, reflecting the dynamic range of motion and intensity of focus brought to their making. At the same time, these are contemplative and suggestive compositions translating my observations and memories of natural phenomena, such as changes in light, the movement of leaves at the fields, the rushing of the rain on the ocean and movement of the wind, into a language of abstraction that is at once lively and dynamic; deeply personal, yet open to interpretation.