Year of Creation: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 48 inches x 48 inches
Sale Price: $6,800 USD
Edition Type: Unique, 1 of 1
Current Location: Bushwick Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Scraped textures rise through layered fields of ivory, soot, mineral grey, and warm ochre. Light seems to push upward through sediment and memory, creating a surface alive with slow and intentional movement. The rain technique softens the scraped passages and casts shimmering veils that drift across the painting.
Ascend becomes a meditation on rising with intention. In her contemporary abstract practice, Gina Keatley builds meaning through process, scraping to reveal history, raining color to create atmosphere, and layering to express persistence. Ascend honors progress that is earned deliberately and steadily, celebrating elevation formed through resilience and lived experience.