Healing from objectification 1
1.100,00€ (VAT included)
Art Style: Acrylics on paper
Dimensions: 32x40cm 12x16in
Reference: LO-013
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Description
Description
Healing from objectification 1 by Lily Okamoto is a luminous and evocative work painted in acrylics on handmade watercolor paper. The piece, created in 2024, occupies a modest 32 × 41 cm (12 × 16 in) format that invites the viewer into an intimate engagement with both color and surface.
Across the composition, layers of gentle horizontal washes blend soft pinks, blues, greens, and warm neutrals, creating a serene, almost atmospheric backdrop. These layered hues evoke feelings of transition and emotional depth, suggesting the fluidity of experience and inner landscape.
Toward the left side of the painting, a cluster of cream and yellow paint gestures — applied with expressive brushwork — forms an organic focal area. These gestural forms resemble loosely abstracted florals or petals, offering a contrast to the broader bands of color. The textured application of paint here adds a palpable physicality, emphasizing tactile richness against the smoother layered fields.
The handmade heavyweight watercolor paper with deckle edges contributes to the artwork’s tactile allure. Its virgin cotton surface enhances the interaction of the acrylics, allowing colors to resonate with softness and depth. The irregular deckle edges further reinforce the handcrafted nature of the piece, mirroring the painting’s thematic exploration of vulnerability and reclamation.
Overall, Healing from objectification 1 balances fluid atmosphere with expressive mark-making. Through delicate color transitions and textured paint application, Lily Okamoto crafts a visual meditation on healing, presence, and the poetic interplay of form and feeling.
