Ethereal Embrace by Kharen Tacmo
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Medium: Mixed Media Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
Year: 2023
Price: $1645.00 USD
Status: available
"Ethereal Embrace" emerged from my deep-rooted connection with nature and the serene power it holds. In creating this piece, I wanted to capture a moment of profound tranquility, love, and unity with the world around us. The figure, with her eyes gently closed, embodies a sense of peace and introspection, almost as if she's listening to the whispers of the earth. The soft, flowing colors envelop her, reminiscent of a gentle breeze carrying the scent of blossoms. I used mixed media to layer textures that evoke the complexity and beauty of natural landscapes. The birds soaring in the background symbolize freedom and the boundless spirit that nature instills in us. I hope viewers feel a sense of calm and reflection when they gaze upon this work. It’s an invitation to pause and reconnect with the simplicity and grace of the natural world, reminding us of the quiet strength found in stillness.
Why collect this work?
A closed-eyed profile forms a still vertical axis while birds, blossoms, and patterned passages circulate around it, setting bodily composure against environmental motion.
- Tacmo describes her practice as joining women and animals through symbolism. In this painting, that approach is legible in the close placement of the figure, birds, and flowers, without fixing their relationship as a single narrative.
- In the photograph, the head and elongated neck divide the composition. Dense dark marks accumulate along the left, birds cross the pale upper field, and cropped blossoms press upward from the lower right, making the figure appear both enclosed and permeable.
- The documented mixed-media oil on canvas supports contrasts between modeled facial features, loose stains, linear contours, and scattered accents. Overlapping these distinct marks lets figure and setting connect while remaining visually separable.
- Dated 2023, Ethereal Embrace gives contemporary portraiture a subject defined beyond likeness. Its combination of bodily stillness and mobile natural motifs provides a focused case for considering how environment can construct identity within a portrait.
About the Artist
Kharen Tacmo
Kharen Tacmo is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: painting. Based in Ras Al Khaimah, AE.
Nationality: Filipino
My work explores human emotion through symbolic portrayals of women and animals, blending abstract realism with intuitive expression.
