Ataraxia*

2026

Watermixable oil, cold wax, acrylic, pastel, pencil and watercolour on canvas

60 x 90 cm 

Framed in kiaat

SOLD

One of four works in Chapter 3 ('Discovering New Placenames') of Book 1 (Mapping the Inner Landscape) in the ongoing series Wordstrings

*/ˈætəræksɪə/, noun [U], from Ancient Greek
Calmness untroubled by mental or emotional disquiet

Stoic philosophers aspire to achieve this lack of agitation that comes from understanding the ways of the universe, accepting fate, knowing what one can control, and focusing on only that.