Title: The Weight
Artist: Dan Forlenza
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Year: 2024
Size: 20" h. x 20” w. x 1.5"
Frame: none
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Intense Abstract Figurative Art: "The Weight" - Acrylic on Canvas
"The Weight" is a stunning original acrylic painting on canvas that delivers a profound sense of contemplation and dramatic energy. This piece is a powerful example of abstract figurative art, showcasing a stylized subject against a sharply contrasted background.
Key Features & Emotional Impact
Evocative Title & Theme: The title "The Weight" immediately suggests themes of burden, reflection, and internal pressure. The subject's lowered eyelids and angular, yet serene, expression convey a deep sense of introspection.
Dramatic Color Palette: The artwork uses a striking, limited palette dominated by deep indigo and cobalt blues for the figure, set against planes of rich, velvety black and soft mint green (or pale sage). The sharp contrast between the light, cool greens and the intense dark blues and blacks enhances the emotional depth.
Strong Geometric Style: The figure is rendered with bold, simplified shapes and powerful lines, giving it a monumental, almost sculptural presence. The large, expressive hand reaching out adds a key dynamic element to the composition.
High-Quality Statement Piece: This is an original work of art created with acrylic paint on canvas. Its square format, measuring 20 inches wide by 20 inches high (20" W x 20" H), makes it a versatile and impactful statement piece for contemporary interiors.
Product Details
Title: "The Weight"
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas
Dimensions: 20 inches wide by 20 inches high (20" W x 20" H)
Style: Abstract Figurative, Expressionist, Cubist-Inspired, Contemporary
Colors: Deep Blue, Black, Mint Green/Pale Sage
Condition: Excellent, Ready to hang
Original Painting signed by the artist.
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This unique acrylic on canvas painting titled "The Weight" by Dan Forlenza, is a one-of-a-kind piece of Pop Art Figurative Expressionist artwork.
This unique acrylic on canvas painting by Dan Forlenza is a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork.
Dan Forlenza creates using an assortment of physical media and digital tools.
- Active Artist Member at WAAM (Woodstock Artists Association & Museum), https://www.woodstockart.org/. Since its founding in 1919, the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum has been committed to exhibiting, collecting and supporting artists and art education and in sustaining the tradition of Woodstock as a “Colony of the Arts.” WAAM is located in the center of the village of Woodstock, New York.
- Nationally published single panel comic artist with King Features Syndicate in weekly feature called "The New Breed" in the 1990s and more recently the co-creator of a sci-fi graphic novel series called "SUPERBUG".
- Creating NFT digital art since 2019 and ranked as one of the top NFT Artists with over 500 NFT artworks sold to over 230 NFT art collectors.
- Digital NFT Artwork is part of The Museum of Crypto Art (M○C△) permanent Genesis Collection.
