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Ocean’s Embrace (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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Ocean’s Embrace is part of my series Drifting Through Suburbia, a body of work reflecting on the emotional complexity of returning home during periods of uncertainty and transition.
This piece was inspired by sunlight reflecting across a pond in my neighborhood. It made me think of Icarus, who perished flying too close to the sun. At the time, I had just decided to take my art seriously, and the choice felt both exhilarating and terrifying. I worried that I was pursuing something impossible, and that like Icarus, hubris would be my downfall.
But as these thoughts churned inside me, the pond was peaceful, its surface rippling gently beneath the light.
I have frequented this pond since childhood. I watched its water level rise and fall with the rain, freeze over in winter and disappear beneath thick snow, watched its fish slowly disappear, and geese return each spring to nest along its banks. And now it was still there: dark water glittering in the sun, serene and beautiful, unaffected by the urgency I projected onto my future.
The painting became a reflection on how temporary our fears can be, even when they feel all-consuming. And even during those moments of fear, beauty continues to exist in the present.
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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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