Marisol Vey · No. 222
The Gilded Elephant
The Gilded Elephant is Marisol Vey at her most ceremonial. The great animal faces the viewer head-on, ears spread wide, and Vey renders its vast wrinkled hide as a patient field of grey, slate, lilac and warm-brown tesserae, each tile catching the light a little differently so the skin seems to breathe. Across the brow and ears she lays jewel-toned ceremonial patterns in gold, teal and crimson, a nod to festival caparison, all set against a radiant tessellated ground of amber. The dark leaded lines model the deep folds of the hide with real sculptural weight. Dignified, monumental and quietly tender, it turns a symbol of memory and strength into a glowing icon.
An original oil painting on canvas by Marisol Vey, painted to order — never a reproduction. Radiant mosaic-impasto oils — subjects built from thousands of hand-cut palette-knife tiles fitted like stained glass, glowing with jewel colour and inner light.
Available sizes
- 50 × 60 cm
- 60 × 80 cm
- 80 × 100 cm
- 100 × 130 cm
- 120 × 160 cm
Or a custom size on request. Each canvas is painted to order.
- Artist
- Marisol Vey
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Finish
- Unframed, ready to hang or frame
- Made
- To order, by hand
