Victor Safonkin - The Cloud Tamer Painting Original Art (2001)....

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Victor Safonkin - The Cloud Tamer Painting Original Art (2001). A solitary figure pulls a writhing cloud across a desolate landscape, locked in a quiet battle against the sky. The tension between the earth's stillness and the storm's chaos creates a haunting visual rhythm. Victor Safonkin calls his work "Eurosurrealism", blending classical European painting, surrealist imagery, and layered symbolism. In The Cloud Tamer, he draws from the visions of Bosch and Dalí to create a mythic scene filled with allegory and unease. This is not a tale of victory over nature but a meditation on struggle, where the act of resistance becomes a surreal and deeply human ritual. Oil on Canvas with an image area of 23" x 19.25"; open-front framed to 31" x 27". Signed and dated in the lower right of the image area. Exhibits light handling. Unexamined out of frame. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions. From the personal collection of Guillermo del Toro.

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