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Relax Acrylic & pastel on canvas panel 50 × 70 cm A woman floats on her back, eyes closed, arms resting loosely at her sides. The pool grid beneath her anchors the scene, but her body feels untethered—buoyant, drifting, unguarded. Light slides across her skin in pale ribbons, tracing the soft architecture of collarbone, throat, and cheek. Her floral swimsuit blooms against the cool blues, a quiet burst of life held in water. This painting is about permission. The permission to stop holding yourself up. To release control. To let the world carry you for a moment. The figure is neither posed nor observed—she is absorbed in her own interior stillness. The pastel marks dissolve into the acrylic surface, creating a sense of breath and movement, as if the water itself is thinking. Relax is not about leisure in a shallow sense. It is about the deeper kind of rest—the kind that arrives when you finally stop bracing. It holds tenderness, vulnerability, and the quiet courage of letting go. Original, one-of-a-kind artwork. Signed by the artist. Unframed. This painting can be framed with or without glass.
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Jan 22, 2026
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About the artist
Mixed-media artist. Color lover. Storyteller. Born and raised in South Africa and now living in Cyprus, I hold a degree in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand. I paint in acrylic, pastel, watercolor, pencil, and ink. Canvas and wood often feature but paper is my first love. Working primarily from photos, I often manipulate images digitally to create a new composition and then paint. I’ve exhibited in Cyprus, London, and Athens and my collectors live in countries around the world.
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Born in 1978 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently residing in Nicosia, Cyprus.
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