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Golden Rays and Weathered Walls (2025)
Size: 16 × 20 × 0.625” (41 × 51 × 1.6 cm)
Professional, artist-grade oil paint on canvas
Sold unframed with clean, painted edges. Ready-to-hang with heavy-duty D-rings and hanging wire for both vertical and horizontal orientations.
Signed, titled, and dated on the side and/or back
Includes Certificate of Authenticity
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Growing up in the Chicago suburbs, the buildings around me were bland boxes of corporate offices. But when I went to England, I saw something entirely different: palaces and cathedrals built with intricately hand-carved stone, beautiful stained-glass windows, and towering, vaulted ceilings.
Going there made me realize that architecture could be art too. Design can make a space sacred. The high ceilings and light pouring through made me feel drawn to the sky. The handmade carvings spoke of devotion and pride, and I felt a kinship to the past artisans that made them. The history that I’d only read about in books suddenly seemed a bit closer, as I stood in those medieval buildings.
That experience stayed with me while painting this piece. The palette of bright yellow and light and dark greens, the geometric lines, the contrast between structure and looseness all grew from that encounter. It is less an image of a place than a response to how those places felt — solid, luminous, and shaped by time.
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Fulfillment:
All original artworks are packaged by hand. Please allow up to 5 business days for your order to be processed and protected. You will receive a shipment confirmation email with tracking information as soon as your artwork is ready to be shipped.
Ships from the US with tracking and signature confirmation.
Shipping times:
US: 3-7 business days
Outside of US: 2–4 weeks
Customs & Import Duties: Please note that international orders may incur import taxes, customs duties, or handling fees upon arrival, which are the responsibility of the recipient.
*Note: Delivery times are estimates and not guarantees.
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Returns and exchanges are not accepted.
If your order arrives damaged, please contact me at alyssa.t.zhang@gmail.com within 21 days of delivery with photos of the issue for a refund.
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