Consists of 3 paintings
Size of each 30" x 40" x 1.5"


Details

- this is a hand painted, original painting.

- created in North Carolina, USA

- acrylic on canvas

- gallery wrapped

- ready to hang, with hanging wire installed and hardware included

- signed on the back and front

- UV varnished

- acid-free cotton canvas triple primed

- professional-grade paint

- certificate of authenticity included

Lim’s paintings exist in the quiet threshold between abstraction and nature — between what is seen and what is felt. Her work is best described as ethereal semi-abstract expressionism, a visual language where movement, emotion, and natural form merge into a meditative rhythm. Each piece unfolds like a living atmosphere — a field of energy, color, and gesture that evokes the sensation of wind, water, memory, or time itself.Her paintings do not depict the external world literally, but rather the unseen architecture that shapes it — the rhythm of light filtering through leaves, the pulse of ocean currents, or the trace of emotion that lingers after a moment has passed. Lim’s signature sweeping brushstrokes, layered transparencies, and muted luminous hues invite the viewer to slow down, to breathe, and to feel.Working primarily in acrylic and mixed media, she builds compositions that appear weightless yet intentional — each curve and motion a conversation between spontaneity and control. Her process is both intuitive and highly refined: she begins without rigid sketches, allowing gestures to emerge organically, guided by sensation and internal rhythm. Then, with precision and restraint, she edits, layers, and refines — integrating subtle details such as metallic leafing, translucent glazes, or dry-brushed textures that catch light and change throughout the day. This dynamic interplay between flow and stillness, chaos and harmony, becomes the essence of her aesthetic.In Lim’s world, nature is not simply a subject but a metaphor for consciousness. The organic lines that resemble stems, petals, or currents are expressions of life’s continual movement — of growth, release, and renewal. Her botanical and landscape references are abstracted to the point where they become symbols rather than representations: a branch becomes an emotion, a wave becomes a breath. Through these distilled forms, she explores the interconnection between the physical and the spiritual, the transient and the eternal.Color plays a central role in her storytelling. Her palette often centers around soft neutrals, misty greens, deep oceanic blues, warm umbers, and subtle golds — tones that evoke both serenity and luminosity. Rather than using color for contrast alone, she treats it as energy — something that radiates from within the canvas, shaping emotion through vibration rather than definition. The blending of cool and warm tones mirrors the dualities she is drawn to: stillness and motion, light and shadow, root and air.Her compositions are frequently described as movements rather than scenes. The viewer’s eye is guided not by horizon or perspective, but by rhythm — flowing arcs that bend and twist across the surface like melodic lines in a song. These movements feel instinctively alive, suggesting both the motion of wind through water and the internal landscape of thought and feeling.At the heart of Lim’s practice is an exploration of the impermanent. She sees painting as a record of transformation — an imprint of the mind’s evolving states, a visual diary of surrender and renewal. Every mark is both a gesture of release and of connection. This awareness of impermanence gives her work a rare emotional honesty: her paintings do not try to capture perfection, but the beauty of becoming.Born and raised in Java, Indonesia, Lim’s early exposure to tropical flora, shifting skies, and the layered spirituality of Southeast Asia left a lasting imprint on her sensibility. After moving to the United States, she began to reconcile these early influences with her evolving Western experience — blending the intuitive lyricism of Eastern aesthetics with the compositional discipline of contemporary abstraction. The result is a body of work that feels simultaneously global and intim…Novi Lim’s paintings exist in the liminal space between abstraction and nature — fluid expressions of movement, light, and quiet emotion. Working in acrylic and mixed media, she creates ethereal, semi-abstract compositions where gesture and stillness meet. Each stroke feels both spontaneous and deliberate, tracing the invisible rhythms that shape our inner and outer worlds.Her practice is rooted in intuition — an act of listening rather than planning. Through sweeping motions, layered transparencies, and delicate metallic accents, Lim transforms her canvases into meditations on impermanence and renewal. The organic forms that emerge — reminiscent of petals, currents, or wind — are less representations of nature than emotional echoes of it.Born in Java, Indonesia and now based in North Carolina, Lim bridges Eastern sensibility with contemporary abstraction. Her palette of soft neutrals, oceanic blues, and muted golds carries a quiet luminosity, inviting contemplation. Her works, often titled with poetic resonance such as Written in Water or Rooted in Air, explore the balance between groundedness and surrender — the idea that growth can exist even in air, in light, in motion.Lim’s art offers a moment of stillness in a world of noise — a visual breath that connects the ephemeral and the eternal. Her paintings are not depictions, but translations: of memory, energy, and emotion flowing through form. They are, at their core, reflections of what it means to be — fluid, connected, and infinitely becoming.