The Cosmic Stranger

Title: The Cosmic Stranger
Artist: Shorna Abedin
Year: 2026
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Style: Contemporary Abstract Figurative
Size: 24 x 30 inches (Vertical)
Original Artwork: One of a kind
Price: $780 USD
(Collector value based on originality, symbolic depth, and international exhibition potential.)
International Submission Description
The Cosmic Stranger presents a fragmented human face suspended within a star-like cosmic field. The composition is divided between shadow and vivid geometric color, symbolizing a consciousness split between worlds — the visible and the unseen, memory and identity, belonging and exile.
The sharp chromatic fracture cutting across the face suggests both rupture and revelation. It is not simply a wound, but a dimensional shift — an opening toward unseen layers of existence. The surrounding yellow constellations and subtle green aura evoke a sense of cosmic displacement, reinforcing the emotional state of being inwardly distant even while physically present.
This work reflects on existential solitude and the metaphysical experience of feeling like a visitor within one’s own life. It is a meditation on fragmentation, silent resilience, and the search for origin in a vast and indifferent universe.
Copyright © 2026 Shorna Abedin
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