Golden Drift – Original Sardine Can Artwork by Ortaire de Coupigny
Golden Drift presents two fish suspended in a softly luminous field, enclosed within Ortaire de Coupigny’s signature sardine-can format. The composition balances weight and lightness: one body dense and grounded, the other slimmer, almost gliding above it.
Painted fish forms are held within a translucent wax layer, creating depth without illusionism. Color settles gradually—from muted greys to warm yellows—suggesting time, sediment, and slow movement rather than narrative action. The can, partially closed by its metal lid, frames the scene like a fragment retrieved rather than constructed.
As in Ortaire de Coupigny’s broader practice, the work transforms an ordinary container into a space of quiet attention, where material, color, and restraint invite prolonged looking.
Sculpture and painting : metal on aluminium / Wax / pigments / Epoxy / Wooden engraving.
10 cm x 16 cm x 3.5 cm / 3.94 x 6.3 x 1.38 inches.
One-of-a-kind artwork.
Signed by the artist.
2025
Ready to hang (See back picture).
No exposure to direct sun or above 50°C or above 122°F.