Technique: Ink and Watercolous
Support: paper 220mg
Size in cm: 21x29.7
First stage UK, 2024, second stage Italy 2025
Guangzhou on chameleon
Guangzhou on Chameleon – Visionary Urban Wildlife Watercolor
A surreal portrait of camouflage, adaptation, and unseen presence.1. The Story Behind the Work
This piece is part of Urbanimal, a collection that explores the intersection between urban life and wild creatures. Each animal I paint is not just a subject, but a metaphor: for survival, for invisibility, for forgotten intelligence in the noise of our cities.
In Guangzhou on Chameleon, I reflect on my brief stay in southern China and the feeling of constant flux, both cultural and environmental. The chameleon, an animal of silence and transformation, became my symbol for the subtle ways we adapt (and sometimes lose ourselves) in urban chaos.
The creature blends into a fictional version of Guangzhou: layered rooftops, industrial greys, neon colors, textured smog. You may not see the chameleon at first… but it sees you.
2. Artwork Features
🎨 Medium: Watercolor and ink on textured paper 220mg fabriano
📐 Size: 29x21
🖼️ Available as original piece and/or high-quality giclée print if availeble
✍️ Hand-signed with certificate of authenticity
📦 Ships internationally with care3. Ideal For:
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Art collectors drawn to symbolic animal portraits
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Urban explorers, architects, and thinkers who see cities as living ecosystems
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Design lovers looking for something intellectually layered
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A unique gift for those who love quiet rebellion, subtle messages, and visionary storytelling
4. Why Invest in Original Art?
When you buy original art, you’re not just acquiring an image, you're claiming a voice, a perspective, and a fragment of time.
This watercolor isn’t mass-produced. It carries brushstrokes made with intention, a story you can feel, and layers that reveal more the longer you live with it.
Urbanimal is my way of saying that nature doesn’t disappear, it adapts, resists, and reappears through new forms. And this piece is one of them.
This series symbolically and surreally explores the cohabitation of animals with an urban landscape. Here the ecological approach that distinguishes human/nature relationship is central by inviting us to perceive the earth as a living entity, as a large garden in which all the ignored fragments of the landscape offer us opportunities for regeneration. This was inspired by Gilles Clément's concept of "Third Landscape." All works are signed and certified.
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