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This unnerving seascape was created by the Polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski, using oil paint on canvas. Notice how the thick impasto, a technique where paint is applied thickly, gives a tangible texture to the turbulent waves. The interplay between the deep blues and the hints of ghostly light creates an ethereal feel. Beksinski’s approach to painting involved an almost obsessive layering of materials, a slow building up of the image from dark to light. This physical engagement with the medium is crucial, as the countless hours of painstaking labor imbue the work with a unique sense of time and endurance. By choosing the traditional medium of oil paint, Beksinski situates himself within a long lineage of art history, yet his subject matter diverges from the familiar, instead channeling a fascination with the darker aspects of the human condition. It is precisely through this tension between material and subject that Beksinski challenges our assumptions, questioning what is considered fine art and craft.