Year of Creation: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 48 inches x 48 inches each (96 inches x 48 inches combined)
Sale Price: $8,600 USD
Edition Type: Unique, 1 of 1
Current Location: New York, NY, USA
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A defining force within Ash and Algae, Resurge Seam opens the series with tectonic gravity. This commanding diptych, rendered entirely in acrylic, spans two square panels that speak in contrast and connection—evoking fissures, growth, and the quiet assertion of life from what was once scorched.
The deep graphite-black surface reads like cooled volcanic stone, thick with history and weight. From beneath, emergent swaths of algae green push upward and outward—suggesting not just regrowth, but insistence. The composition is gestural yet precise, with controlled impasto that reveals Keatley’s intuitive restraint. These marks feel like geological shifts: slow, deliberate, and irreversible.
Rather than rely on embellishment, Resurge Seam achieves its resonance through the interplay of texture, tone, and negative space. Delicate splinters of oxidized orange dot the panels like mineral traces or lichen—quiet indicators of life returning. The work becomes a meditation not on what was lost, but what persists. There is no nostalgia here, only the momentum of becoming.
Bold in scale and quietly devastating in its clarity, Resurge Seam captures the essence of Keatley’s vision: transformation born from tension, and renewal forged not in light, but in pressure and depth.