Description

Lion Of The Liquid Labyrinth (2025)

Artwork Description:

Original Fine Art Painting by Ashvin Harrison

Dreams Beyond The Jungle is a large-scale original painting that explores innocence, ambition, and the universal desire to reach beyond perceived limits. Through the contrast of hyperreal charcoal rendering and vibrant cosmic abstraction, the work captures the quiet courage of dreaming beyond one’s environment.

At the centre of the composition, a young gorilla sits gently on a swing, wearing an astronaut helmet. Suspended by ropes that rise upward into a celestial sky, the swing becomes both a symbol of childhood and a gateway to something far greater. The gorilla’s expression is calm and reflective — not fearful, but curious — embodying the purity of aspiration untainted by doubt.

Above him, the solar system stretches across the canvas. Planets hang like ornaments in the sky, detailed with rich colour and depth, contrasting against the soft charcoal realism of the figure below. Earth, Jupiter, and other celestial bodies float within a turquoise cosmic atmosphere layered with splashes, drips, and bursts of expressive movement. The sky feels alive — energetic, limitless, and expansive.

The astronaut helmet transforms the young gorilla into a symbol of potential. It speaks to evolution, intelligence, and the human instinct to explore. The juxtaposition of jungle origins with cosmic ambition suggests that greatness is not defined by where we begin, but by how far we dare to imagine.

The swing itself becomes a metaphor for balance — suspended between gravity and space, innocence and ambition, earth and sky. The piece gently asks: what if our dreams are already within reach? What if the only thing separating us from the stars is belief?

Dreams Beyond The Jungle is both playful and profound. It carries a sense of childlike wonder while reflecting on humanity’s evolutionary journey — from primitive beginnings to interstellar exploration. It is a celebration of growth, imagination, and the boundless nature of possibility.

Details:

Title: Dreams Beyond The Jungle (2026)
Artist: Ashvin Harrison
Medium: Coconut charcoal powder, acrylics, and oil paints on canvas
Size: 60 x 48 inches
Canvas: Premium museum-grade cotton canvas
Presentation: Rolled canvas
Technique: Charcoal realism combined with expressive layered abstraction as unique Motusrealism style
Finish: Multi-layered gesso base and sealed with archival protective coating
Authenticity: Signed on the front; signed and dated on the reverse; includes certificate of authenticity

Additional Artwork Information

Ashvin Harrison paints realistic artworks inspired by real life posing people and nature, photographs or imagination. Also, all artworks have a charcoal dust element to them. This painting, like most pieces, is a mixture of acrylics, acrylic medium thinners, acrylic medium flows and also mixing additives with charcoal dust paint. This completely new made up approach to create art is a large part of Ashvin’s fast growing popularity in the art world.

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If this artwork is not the one for you, please check out the Artworks in Stock Page. Contact Ashvin to discuss a custom commissioned artwork. Ashvin can also create on different size formats of rolled or ready to hang artworks. Also, Ashvin offers super sized rolled canvas artworks up to 265cm (104″).