Water

Sofia-Maria Xenaki

Year2025

MediumOil on Canvas

Dimensions 230 × 120 cm

Price€4500 EUR

Water, as a primordial element of creation, symbolizes birth and the first breath of life. Its surface is in constant transformation — waves, reflections, and luminous refractions compose a visual rhythm that balances between realism and abstraction. Color alternates with transparent layers of light, evoking the fragile boundary between the material and the spiritual. The movement of the waves extends beyond the visible, as if drawing the viewer into a perpetual oscillation between form and release. The use of color and emptiness acts as an inner illumination. Transparent layers, at times almost weightless, create a sensation of fluid transition. The liquid element is not merely physical but spiritual. The painting seems to capture the moment when water remembers its own form — just before it dissolves again into infinity. A silent breath, suspended between birth and dissolution.