Golden Fish Swimming Toward Light | Deep Blue & Turquoise Symbolic Underwater Artwork, 2026
Painting : acrylic · 80 x 40 x 1.5 cm 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch · Ready to hang
CHF 1,310
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Shipped from: Montenegro
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Painting : Unique artwork
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed, ready to hang
with stretcher frame
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Dimensions ( cm • inch )
80 x 40 x 1.5 cm 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Description
A solitary golden fish moves through luminous blue depths in this original acrylic artwork, surrounded by rising bubbles, shadowy marine forms, and a radiant passage of light from above. The vertical composition draws the eye upward from dark ocean blues toward the illuminated surface, transforming an underwater scene into a visual story of courage and discovery.
The small golden fish becomes a symbol of determination: a bright individual moving confidently through an immense and uncertain world. Each bubble along its path suggests another small victory, while the light above represents hope, happiness, and the continuing search for oneself. Midnight blue, cobalt, turquoise, teal, and shimmering white create an atmospheric sense of depth, contrasted by warm gold and ochre.
At 40 × 80 cm, the artwork is ideal for contemporary interiors, narrow walls, bedrooms, offices, coastal spaces, and meditation areas. It also makes a thoughtful gift for an ocean lover or someone beginning a new chapter in life.
Ideal placements include a living room, bedroom, hallway, entryway, home office, reading corner, staircase wall, meditation space, coastal home, boutique hotel, spa, or creative studio.
The deep blue palette works beautifully with white, cream, warm gray, natural wood, brass, gold accents, and contemporary neutral interiors. The golden fish provides a small but powerful color accent without overwhelming the room.
STYLE & THEME:
Style: Contemporary Symbolism, Narrative Art, Contemporary Marine Art, Atmospheric Figurative Art, Surreal-Inspired Underwater Landscape
Themes: Journey, Self-Discovery, Hope, Courage, Happiness, Transformation, Light, Personal Growth, Ocean, Fish, Freedom, Perseverance
Presentation
Maria Kostenko is an artist based in Montenegro. Classically trained at the Venetsianov Art School in Tver, Russia, she continued drawing and painting throughout her life, despite spending 25 years outside a professional art career. After moving to Montenegro in 2022, Maria returned to painting as her primary practice. In 2026, she presented the solo exhibition Through the Shimmer of Summer at Art Studio Wave in Budva, Montenegro.
Maria works primarily with landscape and botanical imagery, using light as the central element of her visual language. Sunlit fields, forests, water, flowers, and atmospheric natural spaces become less about depicting a particular place than preserving the sensation of being there. Her paintings often combine recognizable forms with softened edges, luminous reflections, and bokeh-like points of light, creating an atmosphere suspended between observation, memory, and dream.
Her classical training remains visible in her attention to composition and the natural world, while her approach to color and illumination gives the paintings a more subjective, contemporary character. Flowers carry distinct moods; landscapes appear through haze and shimmer; water becomes a space for reflection and transformation. Across these subjects, Maria Kostenko is interested in fleeting moments that cannot be held in reality but can be prolonged through painting.
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