Surprise: Canvas Art Print

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This black and white fine art portrait is a print on canvas artwork depicting a young woman from her bare shoulders up, caught by surprise in a strong interplay of light and shadows, her intense eyes looking up intently at someone outside the picture frame. Is she caught mid-conversation, or lost in contemplation? The gentle curve of her lips hints at untold stories, inviting speculation and curiosity. The ambiguity of this monochrome art portrait  leaves the viewer to ponder the secrets that linger behind her eyes. With every glance, a new layer of mystery unfolds on this canvas print. 

With intricate lines and detailed shading of graphite pencil, this wall canvas art comes to life in striking black and white chiaroscuro style of strong contrasts of light and shadow, exuding a timeless yet modern art quality. This fusion of traditional drawing and its graphic style lends a classic yet contemporary art style to this portrait print, mixing softness and boldness into a wall art on canvas that will add an art focal point of intrigue to your art collection and home decor. 

Inspirations

This artwork is a self portrait whose story began when I was in my early twenties, living in South Korea. After finishing university in Canada with a degree in Criminology, I was going through an existential life phase where I was questioning what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I certainly knew what I didn't want, and that was to pursue a life that was safe, and to me, boring. And so, I went as far as I possibly could, in search of adventure, to South Korea.

I had no clear plan, but travel and novelty were pulling me to Asia, and I followed my intuition. And so, I ended up teaching English abroad and what was supposed to be a short trip turned into three years of living in Korea. During those 3 years, I travelled and discovered this incredible exotic continent, met many amazing and inspiring people, and had many fun and exciting adventures. It was also a highly creative period, where stimulated byt the excitement of novelty and exoticism, I re-connected to my art, which I had put on pause during my safe and predictable university studies.

I read, drew, painted and illustrated voraciously, inspired by the new sights, smells, novelty and beauty bombarding me daily. I also drew and painted portraits of the people around me at that time - I suppose you could call this my portrait phase, during which I also documented my own ever-changing moods, in hundreds of self portraits in varied mediums and techniques.

As anyone who has lived abroad will tell you, changing lives is accompanied by diverse and constantly changing emotions, culture shock and mood fluctuations.

This particular self portrait is one of my favourites, because to me it captures all the twists and turns, ups and downs, ambiguity and many, many feelings that were changing by the nano-second during my first 8 months living in a faraway land.

This artwork is a self portrait whose story began when I was in my early twenties, living in South Korea. After finishing university in Canada with a degree in Criminology, I was going through an existential life phase where I was questioning what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I certainly knew what I didn't want, and that was to pursue a life that was safe, and to me, boring. And so, I went as far as I possibly could, in search of adventure, to South Korea.

I had no clear plan, but travel and novelty were pulling me to Asia, and I followed my intuition. And so, I ended up teaching English abroad and what was supposed to be a short trip turned into three years of living in Korea. During those 3 years, I travelled and discovered this incredible exotic continent, met many amazing and inspiring people, and had many fun and exciting adventures. It was also a highly creative period, where stimulated byt the excitement of novelty and exoticism, I re-connected to my art, which I had put on pause during my safe and predictable university studies.

I read, drew, painted and illustrated voraciously, inspired by the new sights, smells, novelty and beauty bombarding me daily. I also drew and painted portraits of the people around me at that time - I suppose you could call this my portrait phase, during which I also documented my own ever-changing moods, in hundreds of self portraits in varied mediums and techniques.

As anyone who has lived abroad will tell you, changing lives is accompanied by diverse and constantly changing emotions, culture shock and mood fluctuations.

This particular self portrait is one of my favourites, because to me it captures all the twists and turns, ups and downs, ambiguity and many, many feelings that were changing by the nano-second during my first 8 months living in a faraway land.

Material & Features

This monochrome portrait canvas print enhances the artwork's natural look and feel, creating a truly immersive art experience with a rich texture, depth and a timeless allure for your wall decor - a beautiful, high-quality product that will bring life to any space.

Features:

Responsibly sourced wood is used for the stretcher bars, (FSC certified), ensuring a long-lasting and high-quality product.

This canvas art print is available in two thicknesses - slim and thick - to match your preference. The slim canvas has an approximately 2cm /0.8" thick wood stretcher bar, while the thick canvas has an approximately 4cm /1.6" thick wood stretcher bar. Both options come with hanging hardware included for easy installation.

Colored edges are not supported

The canvas substrate uses a coated fabric: a blend of cotton and polyester, providing a weight of approximately 300-350gsm/110-130lb cover and a thickness of 350-400 microns, giving you a sturdy and durable product.

A hanging kit with hanging hardware is included for easy installation.

To ensure no damage during transportation, the canvas print is shipped in protective packaging and a strong box.

This monochrome portrait canvas print enhances the artwork's natural look and feel, creating a truly immersive art experience with a rich texture, depth and a timeless allure for your wall decor - a beautiful, high-quality product that will bring life to any space.

Features:

Responsibly sourced wood is used for the stretcher bars, (FSC certified), ensuring a long-lasting and high-quality product.

This canvas art print is available in two thicknesses - slim and thick - to match your preference. The slim canvas has an approximately 2cm /0.8" thick wood stretcher bar, while the thick canvas has an approximately 4cm /1.6" thick wood stretcher bar. Both options come with hanging hardware included for easy installation.

Colored edges are not supported

The canvas substrate uses a coated fabric: a blend of cotton and polyester, providing a weight of approximately 300-350gsm/110-130lb cover and a thickness of 350-400 microns, giving you a sturdy and durable product.

A hanging kit with hanging hardware is included for easy installation.

To ensure no damage during transportation, the canvas print is shipped in protective packaging and a strong box.

Creative Process

The original portrait artwork was hand drawn on very large smooth paper with graphite pencils, which allowed me to maintain the sharp details of facial features.

I wanted to capture the subtleties in the eyes and lips and face details, while maintaining confident lines and sharp contrasts and drawing subtle yet soft shading for the mid-tones.

To reproduce this original large portrait artwork onto a large canvas wall art, I photographed the original drawing, fine-tuned the details and enhanced the contrasts and highlights, ensuring a high quality wall art print on canvas.

The original portrait artwork was hand drawn on very large smooth paper with graphite pencils, which allowed me to maintain the sharp details of facial features.

I wanted to capture the subtleties in the eyes and lips and face details, while maintaining confident lines and sharp contrasts and drawing subtle yet soft shading for the mid-tones.

To reproduce this original large portrait artwork onto a large canvas wall art, I photographed the original drawing, fine-tuned the details and enhanced the contrasts and highlights, ensuring a high quality wall art print on canvas.