A close fragment of ocean water occupies the frame, its crest suspended at the moment before collapse. Light gathers along the edge of the wave, forming a thin, unstable line between mass and dispersion.
 
The composition eliminates horizon and sky, isolating the body of water as both subject and event. What appears fluid reveals structure: tension, compression, release.
 
Reflected light fractures across the surface, creating temporary constellations that dissolve as quickly as they emerge. The painting studies duration — how long a form can hold before it breaks.
 
Water here is not landscape.It is force contained within a shifting boundary.
 
The surface does not conceal depth.
It performs it.

Original artwork by Valeria Ocean
47 x 31 ½ in | 120 x 80 cm
Oil, canvas