Iryna Yermolova
Includes a frame 90 × 110 cm
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A richly textured figurative painting, In Love captures a woman immersed in water, her figure emerging and disappearing within an intense field of blue, turquoise, orange, and red. The surface of the water and the body are treated almost as one, with broad passages of colour breaking up the figure and creating a strong sense of movement.
Expressive brushwork, layered paint, scraped passages, and long vertical drips give the canvas an energetic, tactile quality. Deep cobalt and ultramarine dominate the composition, interrupted by vivid flashes of vermilion, orange, yellow, and pale green. Rather than defining the figure through precise contours, the painting allows her body to dissolve into its surroundings, creating an atmospheric study of colour, water, and the human form.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist