{"product_id":"the-depths-obey","title":"The Depths Obey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Depths Obey is a monumental contemporary artwork about authority, myth and the darkness from which power rises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoseidon does not appear through paint or ink. He emerges from the surface itself, called forward through controlled scratches in acrylic glass. The trident reaches upward. The drapery moves. The beard catches a breath of light. And yet the surface has been damaged, not decorated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight is the medium that completes the work. As the viewer shifts position, the figure moves between commanding presence and quiet shadow. In certain angles he commands the frame completely. In others, he dissolves back into darkness, as if returning to the deep. The image is never fully stable. It breathes with the viewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a distance, The Depths Obey reads as a museum piece, a god rendered with the gravity of classical sculpture. Move closer, and the illusion gives way to something raw. The surface reveals itself as a field of controlled surface damage, a texture that holds the myth together not through addition but through removal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat paradox carries meaning here. Poseidon rules the invisible. He governs what lies beneath, what cannot be seen, what is felt rather than observed. A work that appears through absence, that becomes visible through what has been taken away, is not just a portrait of the god. It is a reflection of the sea itself. Present, enormous and largely unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo paint. No print. No ink. Only acrylic glass, light and the deliberate disruption of a surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work continues the Art with Scratch series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through controlled surface damage rather than pigment or print. A visual language where damage is not destruction, but structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The depths do not announce themselves. They are simply there, beneath everything, waiting to rise.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore about the artist, process and materials can be found on the About page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuestions about this work, availability or shipping can be sent through the contact page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TD Fine Art Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58799393276229,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/0724\/0005\/files\/The_Depths_Obey_thumbnail.jpg?v=1786140326","url":"https:\/\/tdfineartstudio.com\/products\/the-depths-obey","provider":"TD Fine Art Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}