Healing from objectification 2
1.100,00€ (VAT included)
Art Style: Acrylics on paper
Dimensions: 32x40cm 12x16in
Reference: LO-014
1 in stock
Description
Description
Healing from objectification 2 by Lily Okamoto (2024) is an expressive, painterly composition executed in acrylics on handmade watercolor paper. The work’s scale — 32 × 41 cm (12 × 16 in) — invites an intimate encounter, encouraging the viewer to approach closely and absorb its subtle shifts of tone and texture.
The painting features a dynamic interplay of soft pastels, vibrant pinks, gentle blues, and warm ochres, layered in horizontal movements that create a sense of both motion and emotional resonance. These horizontal brushstrokes suggest the flow of memory or feeling, with colors weaving and overlapping in ways that feel meditative yet charged.
In the lower portion of the composition, a cluster of yellow and white shapes appears — loosely gestural, evoking petals, blossoms, or emerging forms. These marks provide a focal point amid the broader fields of color, hinting at emergence, recovery, and inner life. This juxtaposition of ethereal background and more defined central forms creates a visual metaphor for the painting’s conceptual theme: a movement from fragmentation toward coherence.
The handmade, heavyweight watercolor paper with a deckle edge enriches the surface with texture, enhancing the tactile quality of the acrylics. The deckle edges emphasize the artwork’s handcrafted nature, underscoring an authenticity and vulnerability that complements its title.
Overall, Healing from objectification 2 communicates a poetic journey of reclamation and transformation, using color, gesture, and material presence to evoke emotional depth and the process of healing.
