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Where Reality Ends | Surreal Mixed Media Work on Paper, 2024
Elena Orlova  

Fine Art Drawings : Watercolour, ink, marker · 15 x 20 x 0.1 cm 5.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$1,000 1 000 $US
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Fine Art Drawings : Unique artwork

Condition

Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed

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Hand-signed by artist

Dimensions ( cm • inch )

15 x 20 x 0.1 cm 5.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Description

A soft field of pinks, blues, and pale neutrals opens into a dreamlike world where forms appear, fade, and transform. Dark ink and marker lines move across the watercolor surface like traces of thought, creating faces, fragments, and shifting symbolic shapes.

The work reflects on the point where reality gives way to dreams, fantasy, and memory. Some elements feel recognizable, while others remain elusive, allowing the viewer to enter the composition freely and build a personal interpretation.

Its light palette and expressive linear energy make it both atmospheric and visually engaging. This is a strong choice for collectors seeking surreal or poetic contemporary art, especially works on paper that combine delicacy, mystery, and emotional openness.

Materials: Watercolour, markers, ink, paper.

Shipping / Display: The artwork is shipped rolled in a protective tube and will require framing after delivery.

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Elena Orlova, Where Reality Ends | Surreal Mixed Media Work on Paper

Elena Orlova

United States  • 1991

Presentation

Elena Orlova is a contemporary artist. She graduated from the Art and Graphic Design Department of Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University in 2014. Her solo exhibitions include Healing Through Femininity: A Path to the Self at Art Workshop Krasny and Femininity at the Yunost Art Residence in Novosibirsk. She has also participated in the Siberian Biennale of Design and Contemporary Art and group exhibitions in Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, and Ivanovo.

Elena works with watercolor monotype, drawing, and gold, exploring the movement from psychological and informational overload toward clarity and stillness. The unpredictability of monotype becomes a field for the subconscious, while precise graphic elements introduce order into its accidental forms. Her compositions move between dense, labyrinth-like structures and open, quiet spaces. Through this contrast, Elena Orlova examines anxiety, femininity, inner transformation, and the human need to find personal meaning within chaos.

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