Aspire to Inspire
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About this piece
Aspire to Inspire is an original, one-of-a-kind work by Sergei Troshin, born 1960, based in Canada. It is made with acrylic, resin on hardboard and measures 38.6 W x 25.4 H. 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.
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 1, Decorative composition 2 and Decorative Composition 3.
Further reading
We write about how these surfaces are made and how to live with them in Notes on Art. Relevant to this piece:
- Mixed Media, Without the Jargon — What mixed media actually means in plain terms, seen up close in two Sans Souci originals that combine collage, resin, and diamond dust on one surface.
Buying, viewing and delivery
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