A Song Beneath The Waves (2026)
Original Fine Art Painting by Ashvin Harrison
Artwork Description:
A Song Beneath the Waves is a captivating and sensual contemporary artwork, created on a 48 x 36 inch (122 x 91 cm) stretched canvas. Inspired by a live posing session with a Miami-based muse, this piece merges realism, emotion, and oceanic mystery into a striking visual narrative.
The female form is painted in refined monochrome coconut charcoal, capturing softness, elegance, and quiet confidence. In contrast, her flowing hair explodes into layered tones of deep ocean blues, soft pinks, and shimmering neutrals, creating a sense of movement and immersion—like currents of water and emotion intertwining.
Encasing the figure’s head, metallic headphones become a portal rather than an object. Within them lies a serene ocean scene, where a subtle, almost hidden presence hints at a mermaid or mysterious underwater being. This delicate detail invites curiosity—blurring the line between imagination and reality, music and memory, human and myth.
The sparkle medium embedded throughout the artwork transforms the viewing experience. In natural and artificial light, the surface shifts between tones of green, purple, and blue, creating a living, breathing effect that evolves depending on the viewer’s angle. This dynamic quality enhances the concept of depth, emotion, and subconscious exploration.
This artwork speaks to themes of escapism, self-connection, femininity, and the unseen layers of the mind. It appeals to collectors of contemporary female portraiture, ocean-inspired art, Miami-inspired artwork, and luxury statement pieces that carry both aesthetic beauty and conceptual depth.
Details:
Title: A Song Beneath the Waves (2026)
Artist: Ashvin Harrison
Medium: Coconut charcoal powder, acrylic, oil, sparkle medium on canvas
Size: 48 x 36 inches (122 x 91 cm)
Canvas: Premium stretched canvas, ready to hang
Style: Contemporary realism, surrealism, conceptual portraiture
Finish: Light-reactive sparkle medium with colour-shifting properties
Authenticity: Signed and accompanied by certificate of authenticity
Shipping: Professionally packaged with insured worldwide delivery
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″).