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Coastal Headlines: Shell Story Continues

Irina Kurganskaya

2025 • Portugal • Acrylic on Cardboard

6 x 6 in

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Artwork details

Medium : Acrylic on Cardboard
Other details : Artwork on cardboard. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 6.3x6.3in

About this artwork

An intimate, photorealistic painting from my Edible Headlines series — a collection where food and coastal treasures are transformed into visual “front-page stories,” painted directly over real newspaper.
This piece features a single oyster shell, rendered in a highly detailed, lifelike manner. Its soft pearlescent tones, textured ridges, and delicate highlights stand in contrast to the muted newspaper surface beneath it. The visible fragments of… text create a layered sense of history and storytelling, giving the impression that the shell itself carries a quiet memory or message from the sea.
The calm palette and minimalistic composition invite the viewer to slow down and appreciate the beauty of simple things — a small treasure washed ashore, now preserved as a “headline” worth noticing.

Irina Kurganskaya

Portugal

Credentials

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Irina Kurganskaya is a Ukrainian-born watercolorist and acrylic painter, currently based in Lisbon, with a background in law and diplomacy. She masterfully employs both realistic and hyperrealistic techniques in watercolors and acrylics, creating multifaceted pieces inspired by her travels and deep cultural immersion. Through her art, she conveys a profound sense of calm, memory, and connection, inviting viewers to rediscover the enduring beauty of nature and the poetry within everyday life.

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Coastal Headlines: Shell Story Continues

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