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You Could Stay
$ 10,000.00 USD
Dimensions: 36 x 36 x 1.5 inches, ready to hang
Medium: Acrylic on invasive lionfish leather, cradled wood panel
Description
Caribbean Dreams Series | Piece 2 of 5
You Could Stay is not a painting of a specific Caribbean place. It’s the feeling of being out on clear water under an open sky, when the air softens, the horizon opens, and time seems to loosen its grip.
There’s a question inside the image: are you moving toward the island, circling around it, or looking back as you leave? The longer you stay with it, the less it resolves into one answer. It becomes a pause, a moment to breathe, a place the viewer can enter and make their own.
The surface is built from 58 invasive lionfish skins, cut and arranged by hand onto a cradled wood panel. From a distance, the painting reads as atmosphere. Up close, the irregular edges and scale textures reveal the material beneath the calm.
Those lionfish were once a threat to the Caribbean reefs that inspired the work. Each fish removed helps reduce pressure on native reef life, especially the young grazers that keep algae in check. The material was part of the problem. In this painting, it becomes part of the solution.
Includes:
- Signed and dated original artwork
- Certificate of authenticity
- Materials and impact card
- Complimentary digital wall mockup
- 48-hour courtesy hold available on request
Second of five paintings in the Caribbean Dreams series. As the collector of this piece, you’ll receive first look at the remaining paintings in the five-part Caribbean Dreams series as they are completed.
Collecting information
You Could Stay is a one-of-a-kind original work.
Series: Second in a planned five-part Caribbean Dreams series.
Price: $10,000 | includes insured shipping within the continental United States
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