Diego Moratalla
The Swimmer
Oil On Paper
28 x 23 cm
This work is available to view in person as part of the Life With Water exhibition at An Tobar, Isle of Mull. If you are interested in purchasing this work, please click the 'enquire' button to get in touch.
£180
The Swimmer captures the profound intimacy between human and water - that vulnerable moment of trust when we surrender to an element both life-giving and powerful. Working with a restrained...
The Swimmer captures the profound intimacy between human and water - that vulnerable moment of trust when we surrender to an element both life-giving and powerful. Working with a restrained palette of Prussian blue, cadmium red, and yellow ochre, the figure emerges from and merges with the aquatic environment.
Our relationship with water is fundamental yet fragile. As we float, swim, and play in these waters, we become part of the ecosystem we must protect. The methodical color mixing became meditation on this connection - warm flesh tones surfacing from cool depths, the delicate balance between human presence and natural force.
This painting represents both personal breakthrough and universal truth: we are not separate from the water that sustains us, but intimately woven into its rhythms and vulnerabilities.
Our relationship with water is fundamental yet fragile. As we float, swim, and play in these waters, we become part of the ecosystem we must protect. The methodical color mixing became meditation on this connection - warm flesh tones surfacing from cool depths, the delicate balance between human presence and natural force.
This painting represents both personal breakthrough and universal truth: we are not separate from the water that sustains us, but intimately woven into its rhythms and vulnerabilities.
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