Red Girl with Cord Gerda Van Damme Original painting for sale

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Red Girl with Cord

Gerda Van Damme

2025 • Belgium • Oil on Linen

47 x 67 in

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Gerda Van Damme

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Artwork details

Medium : Oil on Linen
Other details : Unmounted artwork. Mounting and/or framing available on request.
Dimensions : 47.2x66.9in

About this artwork

This figurative oil painting depicts a little girl in a vivid red coat running across the desert, her figure glowing against the soft blue tones of the evening sky. Clutching a rope as she nears the edge of a cliff, she embodies both innocence and unease. The joyful intensity of her red dress contrasts sharply with the vast, threatening stillness of the Tabernas Desert in Almería, Spain.
Rendered with meticulous attention to depth and realism, the… work balances enchantment with tension: vibrant childlike energy meets the silence of mountains and abyss. It invites reflection on exploration, vulnerability, and the unanswered questions that shape our human condition.
Part of the Red Girl series, this painting portrays a child dressed in red, lost in the desert. What is she doing there? The series becomes a metaphor for existence itself—where wonder and hope coexist with restlessness and uncertainty, and where not every question finds an answer.

Gerda Van Damme

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Credentials

Established Artist
International Exposure
Art Fair Participant
Prizewinner
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

Gerda Van Damme's emotionally charged works—often in monochrome—have earned her finalist spots in prestigious competitions such as the Arte Laguna Prize (Venice), the Biennale Pierre Paulus, and the Prix des Arts Plastiques et Visuels du Waux-hall (Audience Award). Exhibiting across Europe and the US, including Berlin, Brooklyn, Ostend, and the Arsenale of Venice, she blends cinematic storytelling with existential inquiry. Van Damme’s practice is supported by multiple grants from cultural institutions in Belgium, affirming her role as a vital voice in visual arts.

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