Emergent Vein
Year of Creation: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 48 inches x 36 inches
Sale Price: $6,200 USD
Edition Type: Unique, 1 of 1
Current Location: New York, NY, USA
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In Emergent Vein, Gina Keatley distills the moment of breakthrough—a vein of green pushing through darkness like growth through mineral. The composition feels suspended between containment and release, as if the surface itself had been cracked open to reveal a pulse.
The green mass rises from the lower left, heavy and intentional, framed by fissures and tonal abrasions that suggest both pressure and passage. A subtle lattice of pale erosion weaves beneath the dominant form, whispering of subterranean movement and quiet resilience.
This is not a triumphant emergence, but a grounded one—slow, steady, and inevitable. Emergent Vein speaks to the layered endurance of natural systems and the soft insistence of becoming. It closes the Ash and Algae series with a final act of ascent.