Original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine
Size: 270 x 180 cm 
Medium: Acrylics, oil sticks, watercolour, ink and pastels on raw canvas
Ready to hang: no, ships rolled and needs to be restretched by your local framer*
Signature: front and verso, also signed Certificate
Year: 2023
Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
Shipping: rolled in tube
Delivery time: 3 – 10 working days (depending on size, customs formalities etc.)
* Shipping extra large formats rolled is safer and more environmentally friendly than shipping ready-to-hang works. The canvas can be easily re-stretched by a framer at your location, which in most cases is even much cheaper than the increased transport costs for a ready-to-hang painting. If you'd like a comparison quote for shipping ready-to-hang please contact me.
 
Free shipping rolled in a tube 
Free returns within 10 days of purchase, see T&C for further information.
 
ABOUT THE PAINTING:
My Head in Shambles
This large piece was created out of necessity. Necessity to express and make sense of the convolutions of thoughts in my mind. Intuitive improvisation and impulsivity shape bold, hard-edged voluminous forms and drawings in a raw expression of conflicting thoughts: Pressure to do genuine art, pressure to do sellable work, guilt of motherhood, anticipation for the future and other personal wars are rendered in energetic broad gestures in genuine conflict and in battle with each other. Non-apologetic, raw expressions of joy and sadness, pride and shame, Brazilianity and regionality permeate through the canvas, with powerful contrasts of form, space and colour, forming a concrete expression of my head in shambles.