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The reluctant water nymph (2012) Painting by Dorienne Carmel

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Oil on Canvas, 40.2x16.1 in

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Oil / Acrylic / Airbrush / Ballpoint pen / Chalk / Charcoal / Conté / Enamel / Encaustic / Gel pen / Gouache / Graphite / Ink / Lacquer / Marker / Pastel / Pencil / Pigments / Scratchboard / Silverpoint / Spray paint / Stained glass painting / Stencil / Tempera / Watercolor / Wax on Canvas

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One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 40.2in, Width 16.1in
Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Paintings under $5,000 Figurative Colorful

In the captivating painting "The Reluctant Water Nymph," the viewer is drawn into a mesmerising scene that blends elements of mythology and abstraction. Against a backdrop of swirling, abstract colours in shades of white, blue, yellow, and red, the stage is set for a tale of enchantment and introspection.
At the forefront of the canvas stands the reluctant water nymph, her figure ethereal and iridescent, emanating a soft glow that shimmers against the organic hues of the background. With hands clasped to her chest, she gazes down at the water below, her sweet face conveying a sense of trepidation and longing as her eyes meet the depths.
Dressed in a glowing swimsuit that melts seamlessly with her luminous form, she exudes an otherworldly allure that captivates the viewer's imagination.
As the reluctant water nymph contemplates the depths below, she chooses between embracing her aquatic nature or remaining tethered to the world above. Her internal struggle is palpable, adding depth and complexity to the narrative of the painting.
In "The Reluctant Water Nymph," the artist invites viewers to ponder the themes of identity, transformation, and the eternal pull of the natural world. The painting speaks to the universal human experience of grappling with the forces that shape our destinies and the profound beauty that lies beneath the surface of our consciousness.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Oil

Paint consisting of pigments bound with linseed oil or carnations. The traditional technique consists of superimposing layers of paint increasingly rich in oil for a solid and durable hanger.

Acrylic

Paint using traditional pigments mixed with synthetic resins.

Airbrush

Paint made with a miniature paint gun that breathes the medium through compressed air on the support.

Chalk

Drawing made with chalk, a white marine rock that is traditionally white in colour and can sometimes be coloured.

Charcoal

Drawing made with a branch of Willow or charcoal of charred Europe. It enables to obtain very deep blacks, precise traces, thin or on the contrary very broad, depending on the way it is used.

Conté

Colored drawing made with colored pencil, an instrument made of a small wooden stick used as a sheath for a colored mine of the same length.

Enamel

Paint made with molten glass powder and oxide. The enamels are then applied by mixing them with distilled water. There is a form of vitrifiable enamel which consist of mixing the oxides with very little glass and oil until a paste is obtained. They are then applied as a painting.

Encaustic

Encaustic paint is a mixture of pigments mixed in a molten wax.

Gouache

The substances are diluted with water and rendered pasty and opaque by the addition of gum and honey. The colors become opaque and can, therefore, be superimposed, which makes one paint with gouache as with oil. The gouache is recommended by its bright, fresh and delicate tones.

Graphite

Black and white drawing made with a pencil, an instrument made of a small wooden stick used as a sheath for a graphite mine of the same length.

Ink

A strongly tinted liquid or paste that is used to mark paper or other printable materials. The design is done manually with a slab, feather, brush, or straightener.

Lacquer

Paint made with a resin from tree sap, various shrubs or with lacquer paints based on thermosetting resins. The technique consists in superimposing layers of lacquers with a vigorous polishing between each layer. It is mostly smooth shiny, but can sometimes also be satin or very Matt.

Marker

Drawing made using a large felt with its own ink source. The ink may or may not be indelible.

Painting Pastel

Pastel is an instrument widely used in plastic arts. Taking the form of a colored plastic stick, it is composed of pigments, a filler (chalk or plaster) and a binder (gum arabic, oil, wax). We mainly distinguish fatty pastels (oil or wax), dry pastels, whether soft or hard. Invented in Europe at the end of the 15th century, this tool was very quickly used by great portrait painters of French royalty, such as Charles Le Brun, Rosalba Carriera, Jean Siméon Chardin or Maurice Quentin de La Tour, who will be considered the "Prince of pastellists", thanks to a method of fixation of which only he knew the secret.

Pastel

Drawing made with a colored stick. It consists of pigments, a charge and a binder. A distinction is made between dry pastels (soft or hard) and fatty pastels (oil or wax).

Pigments

Paint made with colored powder suspended in a liquid binder to obtain some paint or ink.

Stencil

The stencil is a technique that allows you to reproduce a pattern using a pre-cut plate that is superimposed on the support.

Tempera

Paint based on an emulsion, greasy or lean with a pigment. Traditionally it is a painting using egg yolk, a natural emulsion, or whole egg as a medium to bind pigments.

Watercolor

Watercolor is a painting in which gum arabic binds transparent pigments revealing the support of the painting. The gouache, of identical composition, is opaque. A watercolor is a water-based painting on paper. We rarely speak of a painting for a work painted in watercolor. Watercolor paintings are considered to be a unique way to creatively represent dreams, illusions, emotions and luminous feelings using water soluble pigments. However, painting with watercolors can be difficult. It's a difficult medium to master, in large part because it can be ruthless and unpredictable. Mistakes are difficult to correct and its fluid nature makes it difficult to control. Yet it is these very qualities that give the medium its undeniable charm.

Wax

Sculpture technique using a mixture of pigments diluted in melted wax.

Figurative

Figurative and colorful painting having taken the liberty of including all forms of art without border of cultural genre and geographic origin, without hierarchy of values between high and subculture.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Dorienne Carmel

United Kingdom

Dorienne always says, "My art is from my imagination, a world of possibility where anything can exist". A world of Characters, their stories will speak to the inner child in you. Whimsical characters[...]