Iridescence - Fine Art Print
A woman in profile gazes upward through a cosmos rendered entirely in specialty iridescent paints. The Pebeo Prism creates cellular, honeycomb patterns in purples, blues, and grays. Fantasy Moon paints produce the distinctive crackled, metallic web effects across the surface in golds and silvers. Vitrail glass paints add translucent jewel tones—turquoise and coral that seem to glow from within. The woman's image is rendered in sepia or burnt sienna tones, her short geometric hair and multiple rings suggesting contemporary style, her upward gaze seeking something beyond the visible spectrum. The background moves from dark charcoal at edges to lighter lavender and blue-gray at center, creating atmospheric depth. White and silver dots scatter like stars or bubbles. The resin finish creates glass-like surface, making the iridescent paints shimmer with every viewing angle—this piece literally changes appearance as you move around it.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 Iridescence.
Original artwork size: 8x8.
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 currently available. View the original artwork listing for full details, pricing, and availability.
Artwork Notes
Hidden Images & Elements: The upward gaze represents seeking, hope, prayer, or consciousness reaching toward transcendence.. The woman's contemporary appearance (geometric hair, multiple rings) grounds mystical experience in modern identity.. The cellular honeycomb patterns suggest biological structures, the microscopic beauty beneath skin, or perhaps the way consciousness is built from countless small units of perception.. The crackled metallic web evokes neural networks, the visible electricity of thought, or the cracks through which light enters.. Iridescence itself symbolizes multiplicity, the way truth changes depending on perspective, or consciousness that contains all colors.
Interpretation: This technically sophisticated piece explores transcendence and the search for meaning within contemporary life.. The specialty paints create effects impossible with standard acrylics—true iridescence, actual dimensional crackling, light-reactive color shifts—suggesting that some experiences require going beyond conventional materials or methods.. The woman represents anyone seeking something larger than material existence, finding the mystical not by escaping the modern world but by looking more closely at its hidden dimensions.. The piece is literally about seeing differently, about the magic revealed when we catch reality at the right angle.
Poetry: She learned to see sideways—the only direction that reveals true color.
