Dreaming of Elsewhere I

Original Artwork with floating frame

Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76cm 

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Dreaming of Elsewhere I unfolds like a landscape recalled through a dream. Soft ivory, stone and muted grey drift across the surface, interrupted by a weathered horizon of charcoal and earthy brown. Layers of texture create the impression of distant land meeting still water, without ever resolving into a literal place.

There is a gentle sense of escape within the work — the feeling of looking beyond the present moment towards somewhere quieter, softer and perhaps not yet known. The landscape remains deliberately ambiguous, allowing memory and imagination to fill the spaces left undefined.

Part of a complementary pair, Dreaming of Elsewhere I explores distance not as absence, but as possibility. Its softened palette and richly textured surface invite the eye to wander slowly through the work, finding new details within its layers and imperfections.

Quiet and contemplative, the painting captures that fleeting space between where we are and where our thoughts take us.

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Certificate of Authenticity included.