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Barbara Efi
Indonesia
Artist highlights
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 27.6x11.8in
About this artwork
A tree’s shadow stretches before us, yet the tree itself remains unseen. We can only guess at its form and size from the traces it leaves — but are these contours true?
Cast by the low sun, the shadow elongates and flows like an ancient script, a forgotten language. Its shapes resemble hieroglyphs, messages in which the very essence of nature might be hidden. We gaze — and wonder.
A shadow never sees the light. It may be a sinister abyss from which… our fears crawl… or a quiet refuge — gentle and soundless. Perhaps it is a mirror of ourselves. But do we recognize our reflection in it? Or do shadows live their own lives — free, separate, and entirely unaware of us?
Cast by the low sun, the shadow elongates and flows like an ancient script, a forgotten language. Its shapes resemble hieroglyphs, messages in which the very essence of nature might be hidden. We gaze — and wonder.
A shadow never sees the light. It may be a sinister abyss from which… our fears crawl… or a quiet refuge — gentle and soundless. Perhaps it is a mirror of ourselves. But do we recognize our reflection in it? Or do shadows live their own lives — free, separate, and entirely unaware of us?
Barbara Efi
Indonesia
Credentials
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
Born in an artistic family, Varvara Efimova merges her 13-year academic training in fine arts with contemporary stylistic elements. Employing personal mixed techniques that include delicate transparency and thick expressive layers of oil paint, her works appear as visual poetry, infusing unexpected color combinations and emphasizing the atmosphere over imagery. Through her exploration of emotional states and metaphoric usage of nature, Efimova beautifully captures the subtle tension between vulnerability and strength.
Barbara Efi
Shadow
$1,280
