Mihaela Constantin

Gold from the Valley
70 × 140 cm
Mixed technique with oil on canvas

Part of my Unreliable Landscapes series, this triptych was created in 2021, at the beginning of a body of work exploring landscapes that exist somewhere between memory, imagination, and place.

The three canvases merge into a continuous landscape, unfolding like a story told in three chapters. To evoke the textures of harvested fields and winding valleys, I combined oil paint with flax strings and gold leaf, creating a surface that shifts between painting and relief.

The gold traces the terrain like light caught in the land—part memory, part invention, part landscape.