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Douglas Safranek
Hovering, surrealist egg tempera insect and skyscape painting

2021

$4,000
£3,053.89
€3,497.78
CA$5,603.98
A$6,265.94
CHF 3,286.75
MX$75,895.55
NOK 41,488.70
SEK 39,196.80
DKK 26,107.43

About the Item

Douglas Safranek's Hovering captures the tension of liminal space. Bees and dragonflies appear pinned, and specimen-like, yet achieve loftiness with their wings. Their hyperbolized distance from the earth below further disorients and pushes the distance between realism and surrealism. Safranek's tight, highly detailed brushstrokes add to the insects' uncanny presence.

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