Kingpin, 2025
Painting : oil · 130 x 130 x 3 cm 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch · Ready to hang
> CHF 50,000
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About the artwork
Type
Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
with stretcher frame
Authenticity
Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the artist
Invoice from the gallery
Signature
Hand-signed by artist
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
130 x 130 x 3 cm 51.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
136 x 136 x 6 cm 53.5 x 53.5 x 2.4 inch
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Description
This oil painting captures a surreal intersection of humanity and mythology. A young woman gazes forward with a serene yet melancholic expression. Her features are rendered with soft, luminous precision. Heavy gold textures wrap around her form like a living sculpture. A metallic, scaled hand grips her temple with an intimate, possessive touch. The golden coils wind tightly around her neck, blending organic shapes with polished brilliance.
The artist employs a muted, atmospheric background to emphasize the central figure. This contrast heightens the brilliance of the gold leaf effect. Light plays across the skin, creating a delicate translucency. The tension between the fragile human expression and the rigid metallic grip evokes a sense of captive beauty. Every brushstroke enhances the tactile quality of the scales. The composition balances classical portraiture with contemporary fantasy elements. This artwork explores themes of constraint and preciousness through its opulent palette. The vision concludes with the sharp detail of a small gold ring piercing the nostril.
Presentation
Christiane paints her philosophy of life in every painting she does. Her zest for life and her unshakable belief that the universe provides are palpable in her paintings, never failing to lift a smile from the viewer.
Originally painting in a romantic style to gain the recognition she craved as an awkward teenager, she soon developed a mature mastery of the styles of the old masters through commissioned paintings.
These days Christiane paints what's alive and calling in her, whether it's a sense of wonder about this world or compassion for her models, especially those that lack an articulate voice, such as women who've suffered trauma, her widowed father, or sometimes animals.
Christiane paints in oil on board or aluminium panels, preferably of large formats, drawing, according to the mood or theme that may be stirring in her, on her large archive of photographs of models who have posed for her over the years.
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