5 Shades Of Blue (2022)
Description:
What worries me as a human being on this Earth? Aside from personal matters, I am concerned about the environment. Look at these, once-beautiful, African and Latin American shores! They are buried under a mountain of trash... Blue skies, the ocean, pure snow, and rain are themes that I explore in "Five Shades of Blue". How did the blue color get into the art world? Which Silk Roads? From what continents? That is a part of world history that I refer to in my new picture, doing my research about it, and freely experimenting with new artistic approaches. The main idea of this project comes from a quote by J. W. Goethe. "Let everyone sweep in front of his door, and the whole world will be clean!"Available — this original is currently for sale.
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About this piece
5 Shades Of Blue (2022) is an original, one-of-a-kind work by Sergei Troshin, born 1960, based in Canada. It is made with acrylic, collages on plywood, sealed with resin and measures 4ft x 4ft. It was completed in 2022. There is only one — nothing here is a print or a reproduction.
Materials and finish
The work is built on plywood. Plywood gives a rigid, slightly grained base that shows through thin passages.
Collage — Collage sets real materials into the painted surface, so parts of the work have their own physical edge and thickness. Tate’s glossary entry on collage explains the term in more detail.
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.
Applied elements sit proud of the surface, so handle the work by its edges and lay it face-up if it is ever off the wall.
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
2022 is represented in the catalogue by 4 works. Alongside this one: The Power of the Abstract (2022), Dream Ocean (2022) and Hamsin (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:
- 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.
- 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.
Buying, viewing and delivery
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