Fluently Python (2022)
Description:
What is this about? It's about nothing! Even so, it took me a while to get it done. Layer by layer! One labyrinth inside another! Python is a multi-paradigm programming language. I don’t “speak” Python but this is all about Python right here. I’m obsessed with languages and love the expression - "As many languages you know, that many times you are a human". Inspired by Nature!Available — this original is currently for sale.
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About this piece
Fluently Python (2022) is an original, one-of-a-kind work by Sergei Troshin, born 1960, based in Canada. It is made with acrylic on hardboard sealed with epoxy and measures 36 × 20 in (91.4 × 50.8 cm). It was completed in 2021. 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 36 × 20 in (91.4 × 50.8 cm). It reads as a horizontal piece, and this is a large piece — it will carry a sofa wall or a dining wall by itself, and wants roughly its own width of clear space around it.
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
2021 is represented in the catalogue by 2 works. Alongside this one: Sunset at the Dead Sea (2022).
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
Every artwork leaves the studio with a Certificate of Authenticity, signed and sealed by the artist. Prices are shared on request — there is no online checkout, because each piece is one of a kind and we would rather answer your questions first. Pieces can be viewed in person in Markham by appointment, and we are happy to talk through materials, framing or how a work will sit in your space. Shipping is quoted per piece and packed individually so the work travels safely. Ask about this piece.
