Disappearing Hours - Fine Art Print
A woman's face appears twice—layered, ghosted, as though she is both present and absent. She looks upward toward the top left, where a father and son fly joyfully through the air, caught in a moment of pure connection. But she is not with them. She is below, watching, fractured, her image doubled as though she exists in two states at once. The surface is heavily textured in yellows, whites, and grays—clinical, bright, but also cold. This is a painting about dissociation, about being physically present but psychologically elsewhere. About missing the moments that matter most because the self has split, and only one part remains visible.A fine art print of an original mixed-media artwork by Megan Ashman, produced on the selected material and sized to preserve the artwork’s composition as closely as possible.
Details
This listing is for a fine art print of the original artwork Disappearing Hours.
Original artwork size: 20x30.
Original artwork materials/techniques: mediums/materials: phosphorescent paints, found objects, paper, wax, photo collage, oxidative inks, distress paint and inks, acrylic pouring, digitally altered images, acrylic paint, watercolor, spray paint, walnut ink, staining mediums, tissue paper, mica powders, glitter, heavy gel medium, gesso, pebeo prism and fantasy paints, ceramic paint, stained glass paint, alcohol inks, iridescent inks, distress crayons, charcoal, pastels, oil pastels, string, beads, jewelry, gems, chains, buttons, foils, newspaper, vinyl, plastic, walnut inks, india ink, colorshift paints and more!
This is a reproduction, not the original mixed-media painting.
Print Materials
Glossy Photo Paper: A bright, smooth, glossy print option designed as an affordable way to collect the artwork. This finish gives the image crisp detail, strong color, and a polished photographic surface.
Premium Smooth Matte Fine Art Paper: A smooth fine art paper option with a clean matte surface for crisp detail and rich color.
Textured Watercolor Fine Art Paper: A fine art paper option with a soft textured surface that adds depth and a traditional art-paper feel.
Luminous Metallic Fine Art Paper: A luminous paper option with a subtle pearlescent finish for bold color and glowing depth.
Satin Poster Paper: A satin-finish poster option for larger display sizes with strong color and a polished surface.
Canvas Print: A canvas print option for select standard sizes, produced for a gallery-style display.
Print Options & Sizing
Print sizes are selected according to the original artwork shape. Sizes are chosen to avoid stretching and preserve the composition as closely as possible.
Fine art paper sizes are kept to standard small and medium formats. Satin poster sizes are used for larger and panoramic formats. Canvas prints are only offered where the shape and size are appropriate.
Made to Order, Signature & Certificate
Each print is made to order, carefully packaged, and signed when possible. A Certificate of Authenticity is included with each print.
Original Artwork
The original artwork is sold or currently unavailable. Fine art prints may still be ordered.
Artwork Notes
Hidden Images & Elements: Doubled woman: Dissociation, DID, the self split between presence and absence.. Father and son flying: Joy, connection, the moment being missed.. Woman looking up: Longing, awareness of what she is losing.. Yellow and white palette: Clinical brightness, the sterile quality of dissociative states.
Interpretation: This painting is about missing your own life.. The doubled woman represents the experience of dissociation—being there and not being there, seeing but not feeling, present in body but absent in mind.. The father and son are joyful, airborne, connected—everything she wants to be part of but cannot reach.. The heavy texture and bright, cold palette reinforce the sense of distance, the clinical detachment that comes with dissociative states.. This is a portrait of loss that happens in real-time, the tragedy of watching your own life from the outside.
Poetry: She watched them fly, and knew she was below, and could not call out, and they did not know.
