Patricia Gagic The Journey 40×36
The Journey by Patricia Karen Gagic is an original oil on canvas measuring 40″ high × 36″ wide. Everything in it moves. Across a ground of warm copper and burnt sienna, a great procession of gestures — black, grey, silver, white — climbs from the lower edge toward a break of periwinkle-blue sky, and the whole canvas leans into the ascent. If Sincerely 1 is the pause before setting out, The Journey is the road itself.
Original Abstract Oil Painting by Patricia Karen Gagic
The copper ground reads as open country — scoured, scratched, weathered by dry-brushed black. Up its centre rises the caravan: layered strokes stacked and swept like figures, banners, and dust, gathering density as they climb. White path-strokes curve through the column in long confident arcs, silver passages catch light along its flanks, and near the heart of the movement two vivid red ribbons flash — waymarks, or the moment worth remembering. At the top the sky opens: periwinkle blue brushed over the copper, with one glimpse of teal like far water, and the black mass leaning into it as though cresting a ridge.
Colour, Texture, and Technique
The palette is built on copper, burnt sienna, and tan, driven by black, grey, and silver-white and opened by periwinkle blue, a glimpse of teal, and two red ribbon accents. Gagic works fast and physically here — dry-brushed sweeps, scraped edges, scratched lines that leave the under-colour showing — then slows only for the red, laid clean and deliberate. A gloss finish deepens the copper to evening warmth. The painting is signed in red at the lower right.
Where This Artwork Works Best
At 40″ × 36″, this near-square canvas brings drive and warmth to a room — an entry that sets a tone, a stairwell landing, an office that runs on momentum, a living room with copper and wood. It thrives against warm white, clay, and grey walls, and its blue-and-copper contrast reads from far across a room. For a collector of Canadian contemporary abstraction, it is the collection in motion.
Artwork Details
- Artist: Patricia Karen Gagic
- Title: The Journey
- Medium: Oil on Canvas
- Size: 40″ h × 36″ w
- Subject: Abstracts
- Style: Contemporary Abstract, Gestural, Dynamic Composition
- Art Category: Original Painting
- Framing: Framed with Artist Frame (black float frame)
Care and Display
Dust gently with a soft, dry microfiber cloth. Avoid abrasive cleaners, prolonged direct sunlight, and areas of extreme humidity so the layered oil surface and gloss finish retain their depth.
Framing and Shipping
This painting arrives finished in the artist’s black float frame, ready to hang. Professional packing, crating, local pickup, and shipping options are available — contact the gallery to arrange delivery or a virtual placement preview on your own wall.
