City Sophisticate | Dalmatian Mixed Media Collage with Whiskey Glass, 2024
Julia Shilo   Best sellers

Fine Art Drawings : acrylic, ink, charcoal, collage · 50 x 30 x 0.1 cm 19.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch · Ready to hang

€467 467 €
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Fine Art Drawings : Unique artwork

Condition

Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang

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Dimensions ( cm • inch )

50 x 30 x 0.1 cm 19.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

Artwork dimensions including frame

57 x 40 x 2 cm 22.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

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"City Sophisticate" is a refined and whimsical mixed media artwork portraying a well-dressed Dalmatian enjoying a glass of whiskey with striking poise. Created using acrylics, charcoal, pastel, and collage on paper, this piece masterfully balances humor and elegance.

The Dalmatian, dressed in sleek black gloves, holds a crystal glass against a backdrop of vintage architectural sketches, old newspapers, and sepia-toned textures. The layered surface includes handwritten script and soft watercolor pencil strokes, creating a unique blend of classic charm and contemporary attitude.

This work is not only a visual delight for dog lovers and collectors of quirky animal art, but also a perfect piece for those who appreciate mixed media with character, personality, and narrative. The painting invites the viewer into a humorous and stylish alternate reality—where dogs embody human sophistication and taste.

Professionally framed in black acrylic and protected with a plastic cover, this artwork is ready to hang and perfectly suited for living rooms, lounges, offices, or boutique spaces.

Color Palette:
Warm beige, sepia, and brown
Neutral tones: black, white, gray
Touches of gold, amber, and copper
Textural elements from old newspaper and ink

Who It's For:
Art collectors with a taste for humor, narrative, and animal portraits
Dog lovers, especially fans of Dalmatians
Whiskey enthusiasts and lovers of vintage elegance
Those who enjoy original mixed media and collage work
Interior designers seeking a conversation piece

Ideal Spaces:
Eclectic or modern living rooms
Home bars, libraries, or reading nooks
Office spaces or creative studios
Art-themed cafés or boutique hotels
Hallways or entryways needing a stylish focal point

Artistic Style & Mood:
Style: Mixed media, Pop-surrealism, Whimsical portrait
Mood: Elegant, ironic, vintage, stylish

Original artwork
Materials: acrylic, charcoal, collage on paper, plastic frame
 

Animal

figurative

Anthropomorphism

Dogs

Dalmatians

Neo-surrealism

Surrealism Pop

Beige

Black

Julia Shilo, City Sophisticate | Dalmatian Mixed Media Collage with Whiskey Glass

Julia Shilo

Bulgaria  • 1982
75 followers

Presentation

Julia Shilo is a contemporary figurative artist whose practice combines exceptional technical restraint with psychological explorations of identity, instinct, vulnerability, and the inner self.

Her ongoing Blueism series is created using a single pigment: Prussian Blue. Shilo does not use white paint; every area perceived as light is the untouched white canvas itself. This radical limitation requires precision and anticipation. Highlights must be preserved before the brush reaches the surface, while depth, transparency, anatomy, and atmosphere are constructed entirely through variations in pressure, layering, and pigment density.

Within this monochromatic world, female bodies appear submerged in water, crossed by refracted light, fish, reflections, and shadows. Sirens, mermaids, and nymph-like figures emerge not as illustrations of mythology but as psychological forms through which instinct, desire, vulnerability, and self-recognition can be explored.

For Shilo, nudity represents a state before social definition — the body stripped of roles, expectations, and externally imposed identities. Water further destabilizes those boundaries, allowing the figure to dissolve and reform within the same image.

Shilo was a participant in the 2025 London Art Biennale and ranked No. 1 in Artfinder's Top 40 Best Selling Artists in July 2026.

Her work asks what remains when visual and psychological noise is removed. With one color, one surface, and nowhere for technique to hide, Shilo creates paintings that are both technically disciplined and deeply introspective.

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