Title: Ephemeral Traces
Year of Creation: 2024
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 48 inches x 60 inches
Sale Price: $4,800 USD
Edition Type: Unique, 1 of 1
Current Location: New York, NY, USA
Description:
Ephemeral Traces invites viewers into a world where memory and fantasy intertwine, capturing the spontaneous, fleeting beauty of elephants in the wild. Inspired by a journey through South Africa’s vast landscapes, Keatley captures the unpredictable nature of wildlife encounters—moments that appear and vanish with no warning, like an elephant disappearing into the mist. The abstract splashes of orange and hazy background evoke a sense of watching time and memory dissolve into air.
The layered brushstrokes convey movement and emotion, as if the adventure itself is evaporating, leaving only traces of wonder. The elephants, depicted in spirit rather than form, symbolize both imagination and power. Keatley blends the whimsical with the sophisticated, creating a piece that resonates with nostalgia and the spontaneity of nature’s fleeting encounters. Each brushstroke becomes a fragment of an experience, urging viewers to fill in their own interpretations of this ephemeral moment.
This work celebrates both the unpredictability and majesty of wildlife, capturing a dreamlike memory where spontaneity and wonder coexist in harmony.