The Veil

Title: The Veil

Artist: Shorna Abedin
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 46 × 60 inches (Original)
Year: 2025
Status: Original Painting – 1/1
Location: Bangladesh
Suggested Price: USD $2,100

Artwork Description

The Veil unfolds like a silent revelation — a threshold between the seen and the unseen.
In this painting, fire and light converse, and the soul emerges from within its own concealment.

The deep crimson field breathes with heat and pulse — the raw essence of existence. From this red horizon rises a luminous, almost sacred form veiled in violet and blue — neither angel nor flame, but a spirit in transformation. The veil is not mere fabric; it is the divine curtain between pain and illumination, the thin boundary where the human soul meets the eternal light.

The composition is vertical and ascendant, guiding the eye upward — from the burning ground of struggle to the tranquil realm of revelation. Thick layers of oil create a living texture, where light seems to hover within pigment. The painting carries a sense of quiet power and sacred secrecy, inviting the viewer to look not at it, but through it — beyond the surface, into what lies veiled.

Artist’s Statement

“Every soul hides a flame behind its veil.
To burn is to become light.” — Shorna Abedin