Decorative Composition 1
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About this piece
Decorative Composition 1 is an original, one-of-a-kind work by Sergei Troshin, born 1960, based in Canada. It is made with acrylic, resin, hardboard and measures 20 × 16 in (50.8 × 40.6 cm). It was completed in 2020. There is only one — nothing here is a print or a reproduction.
Materials and finish
The work is built on hardboard. Hardboard is dense and rigid — a stable base for heavy layers and a poured finish.
Resin — A poured resin coat cures to a hard, glass-like film. It deepens the colour underneath the way water darkens a stone, seals the surface, and gives the work a reflective face that behaves like glazing without the glass. Tate’s glossary entry on resin explains the term in more detail.
Acrylic — Acrylic dries quickly and stays flexible, which lets layers be laid over one another in a single session and scraped back while still workable. Tate’s glossary entry on acrylic paint explains the term in more detail.
Size and scale
The piece measures 20 × 16 in (50.8 × 40.6 cm). It reads as a horizontal piece, and this is a mid-scale piece — enough presence to hold a section of wall on its own above a console, a desk or a bedside.
Looking after it
The resin face is hard but it scratches like any gloss surface. Dust it with a dry, soft cloth — no solvents, no household cleaners, nothing abrasive.
Keep it out of long hours of direct sun. Prolonged UV is what ages a clear coat, and a wall that gets full afternoon light is the one place to avoid.
Room conditions matter more than anything else: stable temperature, stable humidity, no direct sun. The American Institute for Conservation publishes plain-language guidance on caring for artwork at home.
From the same year
2020 is represented in the catalogue by 4 works. Alongside this one: Decorative composition 2, Decorative Composition 3 and Decorative Composition 4.
Further reading
We write about how these surfaces are made and how to live with them in Notes on Art. Relevant to this piece:
- What a Resin Finish Really Does — Two Sans Souci originals, one poured resin finish, and why the same coat reads differently depending on scale, support, and where a piece hangs.
- How to hang a heavy painting — Weight decides the hardware, not size. What a rigid resin-faced panel needs that a small canvas does not, which fixing suits your wall, and what to ask us.
Buying, viewing and delivery
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