Drowned Beneath the Dawn (16x20)
Details
This painting captures the fragile coexistence of light and shadow, where the golden glow above embodies family, love, and the assurances of others that “it’s not that bad.” Yet beneath lies the vast indigo sea, a presence that cannot be reasoned with or willed away. The work reveals the quiet cruelty of depression—how it lingers even in the company of warmth, swallowing joy despite its proximity. The horizon between gold and blue is thin, suggesting how easily light is drowned by the relentless tide, no matter how much comfort surrounds it.
12 Views
Meet Your Seller
Selling since September 2025
My name is NESTA—painter, writer, and artist born from the ache of absence. I came to the canvas not through ambition, but through mourning; when my grandmother passed, the world lost its shape, and so I began painting to find new ones. Grief taught me that silence has a weight, and color became my only language heavy enough to carry it. I never set out to be seen—only to survive the echo she left behind. But somewhere between the chaos of brushstrokes and the stillness of drying paint, I began to recognize myself, not just as someone who creates, but as someone becoming through the act of CREATING.
Art is never just decoration or technique — it is the language of the unseen.
Report Listing
Report Listing