Lines sealed layer after layer
Each layer of lines has its own clear coat, so the lower lines seem to hang beneath the upper ones. Move your head and they shift. Transience belongs here too, and Zwei Goldfische is painted on two sides.
Original resin paintings, painted by hand and sealed in clear coats
A resin painting is paint under a hard, glossy, clear coat. Sergei Troshin has 23 of them available, from 16 inches to 80, and you can look at them from a foot away in Markham, just north of Toronto.
Call +1 (416) 919-8331
Transience, 2020. Acrylic on wooden board sealed with resin, 12 × 16 inWhat sits inside a work like this
Lines of paint, a clear coat, more lines, another coat, all on a wooden board. Our drawing, not to scale.
What is a resin painting?
It is a painting finished with a coat of clear epoxy resin. Tate's glossary describes resin as a usually transparent substance, and that clarity is the point here: you look through it at the work underneath.
Resin art covers plenty of things, from poured geodes to sealed canvases. What you will find here is painting first. The colour comes from acrylic and, on some works, natural dye. The resin goes over it.
“Every layer of my abstract lines is sealed with a coat of crystal clear epoxy. Sometimes they are up to ten floating layers there.”
Sergei Troshin, on Fair of Colours
What lies under the coat?
Resin looks much the same in a photograph. What sets these works apart is what it covers, so that is how we have sorted them.
Fair of Colours, 12 × 16 in
Zwei Goldfische, 12 × 16 inNewsprint and collage
Under Media Cobweb holds cuttings in English and German beneath a white web. From across a room it looks like a pale cloud, and the print comes through as you walk up.
Under Media Cobweb, 60 × 80 inNatural dye on wood
A dye sinks into the board where paint would sit on top, as our note on natural dye and paint on wood explains. Morgenwald in Meißen and Morning Forest in Meißen are built this way as well.
Sunset at the Dead Sea, 4 ft × 4 ft
Hamsin (2022), 24 × 24 inWords the paint has half buried
On Truth, white capitals run under the poured lines and the seal, and a few words can still be read if you stand close. Aspire to Inspire has black stencilled words on a panel cut with wavy edges.
Truth, 24 × 20 in
Aspire to Inspire, 38.6 × 25.4 inMetal and raised texture
The epoxy on Over The Horizon makes its ridges glossy, with metallic paint worked into the layers. The Choice, from 2026, adds metal elements to the panel. Our page on textured canvas art goes further into raised surfaces.
Over The Horizon, 24 × 24 in
The Choice, 15.7 × 23.6 inPaper, and a panel on a panel
The Power of the Abstract is acrylic on paper, sealed with resin. Fall Waltz is a painted fibreboard mounted on a stained and glazed wood panel, so the wood grain becomes its border.
The Power of the Abstract, 15.7 × 23.6 in
Fall Waltz, 36 × 36 inHow big do these resin paintings get?
If you are starting from a wall, start here. These are all 23 marked available in our catalogue this month, by longest side. For the smallest end, see our page on small original paintings.
Up to 20 inches
- Improvisation16 × 10 in, canvas
- Fair of Colours12 × 16 in, wooden board
- Transience12 × 16 in, wooden board
- Zwei Goldfische12 × 16 in, wooden board
- Infinity16 × 20 in, board
- Decorative Composition 120 × 16 in, hardboard
- DaDa 202020 × 16 in, fibreboard
From 23 to 39 inches
- The Power of the Abstract15.7 × 23.6 in, paper
- The Choice15.7 × 23.6 in, panel
- Truth24 × 20 in, hardboard
- Over The Horizon24 × 24 in, fibreboard
- Western Wall24 × 24 in, fibreboard
- White Night24 × 24 in, fibreboard
- Hamsin (2022)24 × 24 in, wooden board
- Dream Ocean32 × 34 in, fibreboard
- Fluently Python36 × 20 in, hardboard
- Fall Waltz36 × 36 in, fibreboard on wood
- Aspire to Inspire38.6 × 25.4 in, hardboard
Four feet and over
- 5 Shades Of Blue4 ft × 4 ft, plywood
- Sunset at the Dead Sea4 ft × 4 ft, wood
- Morgenwald in Meißen4 ft × 4 ft, wood
- Morning Forest in Meißen52 × 28 in, wooden board, framed
- Under Media Cobweb60 × 80 in, mixed media
How do you judge a resin surface before buying?
Stand in front of it. A photograph holds one reflection and one angle, and a gloss coat changes with both. Four things to do at a viewing:
- Step to one side and watch the light slide across the coat. Depth under the resin shows best at an angle.
- Walk up close. Buried lettering, newsprint and the lowest layers of line only appear at short range.
- Hold a sheet of white paper next to the palest area in daylight. Our note on whether resin art turns yellow explains what you are checking for.
- Bring a photo of your wall and where its windows are. Gloss reacts to the room, as what a resin finish really does shows.
Do you want the coat on something you use?
“Textured imitation of snakeskin, hidden under multiple crystal clear coats of epoxy”
The artist's line about Green Glamor 1, one of the painted pieces in furniture and home accents. If you have a colour, size or room of your own in mind, read how commissioning a painting works, then call us.
Questions about buying a resin painting
Are these resin paintings originals or prints?
Originals. Each one is painted by Sergei Troshin, no two are identical, and a sold work cannot be repeated exactly.
Does resin art turn yellow?
It can, slowly, over years. Ultraviolet light and heat speed it up, so hang a resin painting away from direct sun, radiators and fireplaces.
How much does a resin painting cost?
Prices are on request. Call or send a message with the title you like, and ask about it directly.
Where can I see resin paintings near Toronto?
At the gallery, 473 Simonston Blvd, Markham. It is open daily 9:00 to 18:00, and viewings are by appointment.
Can I ask for a resin painting in my own colours?
Sergei Troshin takes commissions. Call +1 (416) 919-8331 and describe the wall, the size and the colours you have in mind.
More resin works to ask about
Come and look at a resin surface from the side
Call +1 (416) 919-8331 any day between 9:00 and 18:00. Ask about a title or its price, or agree a time to see it at 473 Simonston Blvd, Markham.