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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

47.2 W x 39.4 H in

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What is "behind" if there is nothing in front of it?

Year Created:

2021

Subject:

Mediums:

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Rarity:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

47.2 W x 39.4 H x 1.6 D in

Ready to Hang:

Not Applicable

Frame:

Not Framed

Authenticity:

Certificate is Included

Packaging:

Ships in a Crate

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Shipping is included in price.

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Ships From:

Netherlands.

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Frank Selen

About the Artist

Frank Selen

Netherlands

I do not paint what I see, but what I sense — beneath the surface of things, beyond time and memory. My work is not a mirror of the visible world, but an invitation to wander through the unknown, the in-between, the barely spoken.

Each painting is a process, an improvisation. I rarely know what the final image will become — and I cherish that uncertainty. The brush, my hands, gravity, the music I listen to, and the scent of burning incense guide me into landscapes that never existed, and yet feel strangely familiar. It’s not about realism; it’s about resonance.

My inspiration springs from elemental forces: the sea, the sky, the early universe, life and decay, light and void. Sometimes the work evokes a nebula, other times a place untouched by human presence — peaceful, raw, perhaps timeless. This is not the world as it is, but as it could have been… or might be, once we are gone.

I work primarily with oil and acrylic on canvas or wood, letting texture, transparency and movement emerge organically. My palette shifts with the emotion of the moment; no two works are alike, because no two inner journeys are.

Through painting, I seek to suggest a reality that escapes language — but not feeling.

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