Hunting
Hunting by Arturas Braziunas unfolds as a hauntingly opulent still life, a meditation on vanity, mortality, and beauty’s uneasy coexistence with decay. The composition is dominated by a rich red ground - a color that feels both royal and sacrificial - against which a peacock’s iridescent plumage unfurls in luminous contrast. Surrounding it lie fallen creatures, their bodies rendered with unsettling tenderness. In this theatrical tableau, nature’s splendor and fragility intertwine, creating a quiet tension between elegance and tragedy.
Braziunas’s mastery lies in his orchestration of texture and symbolism. The peacock’s radiant tail, vibrating with emerald, gold, and sapphire hues, becomes a metaphor for fleeting grandeur - beauty that dazzles even as it fades. The surrounding darkness swallows the edges of the scene, allowing the vivid red to pulse like a heartbeat beneath the stillness. The brushwork oscillates between meticulous realism and expressive abstraction, transforming a scene of death into a meditation on life’s impermanence and spectacle.
In Hunting, Braziunas confronts the viewer with an unsettling harmony - the allure of what has ended, the radiance that lingers beyond ruin. It is both a vanitas and a requiem, where beauty becomes witness to its own fragility. The painting’s quiet intensity compels reflection on our fascination with perfection and loss, asking whether the pursuit of splendor inevitably carries the shadow of its undoing.
Prints on Paper
- Printed on archival grade cotton paper without optical brighteners.
- Image dimensions are as shown in Size option plus 2 inch wide white border.
- Ships rolled in a tube.
Framed Paper Prints
- Ready to hang.
- 3/4 inch wide frame.
- 2 inch wide white mat.
- Total dimensions: image dimensions as shown in Size option plus 2 inch mat plus 3/4 inch frame.
- Covered with UV coated acrylic for protection from fading and moisture.
Prints on Canvas
- Ready to Hang: Each print on canvas arrives ready to hang, designed for effortless display.
- Canvas Dimensions: The listed size options show the height and width of the canvas stretched around sturdy wooden bars, with a depth of 1.5 inches.
- Floating Frame: Add 5/8 inch to the height and width of selected dimensions to account for the total frame size. The frame has 2 inch depth.
- Frame Colors: Slight variations may occur due to your lighting environment and the handmade nature of our frames.
- Premium Materials: Printed on archival quality fine art canvas for a luxurious finish.
- Enhanced Protection: Every print is coated with a specialized protective layer to ensure longevity, resist scratches and abrasions, provide UV protection, and make it waterproof.
Free shipping for all orders.
Your custom art is carefully crafted and shipped within 7-10 business days. Delivery typically takes an additional 3–5 days, so you can expect to receive your artwork within 2 weeks from the time you place your order.
24-Hour Cancellation Policy
Orders can be canceled within 24 hours of placement. After this time, your order enters production and can no longer be canceled.
Replacements-Only Policy
If your item arrives damaged, we’re happy to provide a free replacement. Since each piece is handcrafted to order, we are unable to accommodate returns or exchanges. Thank you for understanding!
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