Liquid Gloss® 06 | 0365 | Moon Love II by MikoArt
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Medium: Digital artwork printed on Fuji Crystal DP II Ultra HD photographic paper, permanently bonded to 4 mm AluDibond and hand-finished with an approximately 3 mm layer of Liquid Gloss® epoxy resin.
Dimensions: 80 x 80 cm
Year: 2025
Price: $2650.00 USD
Status: available
In this painting I present a poetic and playful street-art scene of a woman and a man as astronauts standing facing one another and holding each other's hands. They are executed in black and white, crisp and graphic, as though sprayed onto a weathered wall with stencils. Their space suits contrast strongly with the soft, warm background. Above them floats a pink balloon in the shape of a moon, complete with craters, held on a thin string. Around the figures small red hearts float, giving the image a clear emotional charge. The pink glow behind the moon works as a halo and reinforces the romantic, almost dreamlike character. The background consists of an aged wall with cracks, stains and rough texture, emphasising the street character and the transience of the surroundings. That rawness forms a fine contrast with the tender gesture between the astronauts. The painting seems to play with the idea that love and connection can exist even in an infinite, cold space. By combining astronauts — symbols of distance, isolation and technology — with hearts and a balloon, an image arises that is both moving and lightly ironic. The whole feels like a modern declaration of love, caught between science, fantasy and human emotion. The blue border forms part of the Epoxy Liquid Gloss and is not a physical wooden frame. Unique original artwork (1/1). Digital artwork produced on 4 mm aluminium composite (AluDibond) and hand-finished with Liquid Gloss® epoxy resin. The high-gloss finish creates exceptional colour depth and visual dimension. Any depicted border or frame is integrated into the image and is not a separate physical frame. Produced to order in 10–20 working days. Fitted with a professional hanging system and supplied with a signed Certificate of Authenticity. The physical artwork and any corresponding NFT are sold separately; copyright and reproduction rights remain with MikoArt.
Why collect this work?
A cratered moon recast as a tethered balloon turns cosmic distance into a handheld emblem of attachment, while the astronauts’ clasped hands make connection appear both tender and encumbered.
- The artist profile identifies MikoArt as Miechel Kockelkoren’s digital-painting label. Here, sharply outlined figures and a simulated wall setting let digital composition borrow the direct visual language of street imagery.
- The supplied image shows two astronauts facing each other beneath the balloon. Their predominantly black-and-white suits, marked by pink highlights, are bulky and closed, giving the small contact between their gloves greater visual weight than the scattered hearts.
- Catalogue metadata documents a photographic-paper print bonded to 4 mm AluDibond and finished with about 3 mm of epoxy resin. Its gloss may sharpen the tension between the depicted stains and roughness and the object’s smooth reflective surface.
- For collections examining how digital art reconstructs public-wall aesthetics, the depicted blue border is especially pertinent. The catalogue states that it belongs to the image rather than forming a separate frame, making display itself part of the illusion.
About the Artist
MikoArt
MikoArt is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: mixed-media. Based in Mechelen, NL.
Nationality: Dutch
Fueled by my versatile creativity, a constant quest to create, and my sense of color and image, I finally found my own individual creative...
