# Apókalypsis

A deep red sun rests low on the horizon in this oil on canvas, its half-circle form glowing against layered bands of violet, orange, and gold cloud. Below, the ocean carries the same fiery palette in long horizontal streaks, breaking into a pale foaming wave at the shore. Da Fonseca Ilić paints the sky in loose, gestural strokes that build real atmospheric depth, giving the whole scene the hush of a sunset watched in real time, the color shifting from ember red at the horizon to cooler violet higher in the composition.

Vertical and richly colored, this piece works well above a mantel, in a primary bedroom, or anywhere a warm, dramatic focal point is wanted. It is a straightforward, atmospheric study of a single fleeting moment at the shore, and its title, Apókalypsis, Greek for unveiling, points to the sense of revelation da Fonseca Ilić finds in watching light change over water.

Javiera da Fonseca Ilić is a Chilean painter born in Santiago in 1982, now based in Mexico. She studied Visual Arts at the Universidad de Chile from 2000 to 2005, specializing in painting, and later studied art appreciation under Eugenio Dittborn. Working in oil, acrylic, and spray on canvas, she builds landscapes charged with saturated, sometimes neon color drawn from sunsets, tropical foliage, and architecture.

Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Canada, including a solo show titled Aura at Back Gallery Project in Vancouver, and fairs such as Art Market San Francisco and Art on Paper New York, most recently the San Francisco Art Fair in 2025. Da Fonseca Ilić treats each canvas as a threshold between the natural and the built world, using color to hold a scene suspended in time.

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## Details

- **Price:** 2500.0 USD
- **Vendor:** Art Scout
- **Type:** Original Painting
- **Tags:** buy original art online, collector art, Javiera da Fonseca Ilic, landscape, ocean art, oil painting, original painting, seascape art, tropical art, wall art

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## Images

- Apókalypsis by Javiera da Fonseca Ilić, abstract seascape painting with a vibrant sunset over the ocean
- Apókalypsis by Javiera da Fonseca Ilić, abstract seascape painting with a vibrant sunset over the ocean
- Apókalypsis by Javiera da Fonseca Ilić, abstract seascape painting with a vibrant sunset over the ocean
- Apókalypsis by Javiera da Fonseca Ilić, abstract seascape painting with a vibrant sunset over the ocean
- Apókalypsis by Javiera da Fonseca Ilić, abstract seascape painting with a vibrant sunset over the ocean
- Apókalypsis by Javiera da Fonseca Ilić, abstract seascape painting with a vibrant sunset over the ocean
- Apókalypsis by Javiera da Fonseca Ilić, abstract seascape painting with a vibrant sunset over the ocean

## Additional Information

- **Dimensions:** 32"×24"
- **Artist Material:** Oil on Canvas
- **Artist Name:** Javiera da Fonseca Ilić
- **About The Artist Link:** https://www.artscout.pro/collections/javiera-da-fonseca-ilic

### About The Artist Content

Javiera da Fonseca Ilić (b. 1982, Santiago de Chile) is a visual artist currently based in Mexico. Her practice explores the interconnection between memory, dreams, and energy through material experimentation and conceptual inquiry. Engaging both the microscopic and the cosmic, her abstract compositions investigate the human relationship with nature and the sense of unity between the inner and outer worlds.

Da Fonseca Ilić earned her Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Universidad de Chile (2001–2005). She continued her professional development through mentorship programs with Eugenio Dittborn (2008–2009) and Taller Bloc (2013), both in Santiago de Chile.

Solo exhibitions include Aguas Latentes (Loot Gallery, Mexico City); When the Subject Chooses the Artist (Loot Gallery, Zihuatanejo); Panorámica Maya (123 Gallery, Mexico City); Memoria Expandida (Casa Equis, Mexico City); and Aura (Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver).

Da Fonseca Ilić’s work has been featured in numerous international art fairs, including Foire Papier Montréal, Art Toronto, Art on Paper New York, Art Market San Francisco, Art Seattle, The Hamptons Market Art + Design, Art Palm Beach, and Ch.ACO Fair (Santiago).

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