The Solitude

Medium: spruce wood and acrylic paint
Dimensions: 80 × 63 x 5 cm
Date of creation: 7/2026

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The story behind the artwork

The motif

One of the most interesting things about this artwork is that, at first glance, it is not entirely clear what you are actually looking at. (And honestly — maybe not even at second glance.)

I asked quite a few people what they saw in it, and only a few described what I had originally intended
At first, that bothered me. Now I see it as one of the strongest qualities of the piece.

Only a few people know the original motif. I no longer reveal it to others.

Chiaroscuro

Over the past few months, I became fascinated by the play of light and shadow in old master paintings. Chiaroscuro.

I wanted to see whether I could create a similar feeling in a completely different way — using only a few tones and wooden pixels. I’m not sure whether I can technically call my interpretation chiaroscuro.

But this interplay between light and darkness was exactly what I was trying to explore. And I’m very happy with the result.

Material

This time, I didn’t use regular acrylic paint. The entire artwork is painted with metallic paints.

Originally, I planned to use metallic tones only in selected areas, but eventually they took over the whole piece. Some of the wooden pixels were repainted several times until they reacted to the light exactly the way I wanted them to.

Because of this, the artwork changes depending on where you stand and how the light hits it.

The frame

When I finished the artwork, it felt like a jewel to me. Probably because of the metallic effect.

I knew that a simple frame would take something away from it, so my dad and I started thinking about something more special a frame that would feel like part of the artwork rather than just its border. We ended up using a bronze patina on a filled and polished frame.

The result creates an effect I love: from the right angle, it almost looks as if the light is coming from the artwork itself and illuminating the frame around it.