Original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine Size: 120 x 90 cm Medium: Acrylics and charcoal on canvas Ready to hang: no, image is illustrative. ships rolled and needs to be restretched by your local framer* Signature: front and verso, also signed Certificate Year: 2024 Finish: silky varnish with UV protection Shipping: rolled in tube Delivery time: 3 – 10 working days (depending on size, customs formalities etc.) * Shipping extra large formats rolled is safer and more environmentally friendly than shipping ready-to-hang works. The canvas can be easily re-stretched by a framer at your location, which in most cases is even much cheaper than the increased transport costs for a ready-to-hang painting. If you'd like a comparison quote for shipping ready-to-hang please contact me. ABOUT THE PAINTING: Ultramarine is part of the new collection for my current solo show, Rain at Sea. The name ultramarine comes from the Latin ultramarinus, meaning ‘beyond the sea’. This is the blue of the seas here, and the blue of the painting, conquering the canvas in a rapid series of brushstrokes and energetic linework, emerging in an urge, an impulse, where body, gesture and movement become an integral part of the work itself. About the collection Rain at Sea: 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. “There is always the thought of colour: I remember a situation, a day, a landscape, and it brings me to an image of a colour I want to describe. Then I start with that colour.” - Cristine Balarine Other paintings from this collection are available at Catawiki, happy to provide a discounted shipping rate for multiple purchase.