Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down – Original Contemporary Angel Painting

“Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down” is an original contemporary angel painting by Alexandra Andreica, exploring resilience, anger, strength, and survival through expressive figurative art.
 
Painted in acrylic on canvas, this large-scale work (91.5 x 117 x 2 cm) presents an angelic female figure suspended between vulnerability and defiance. Bold palette-knife textures and layered color create a surface that feels both raw and luminous. Magenta, cobalt, emerald and flashes of white collide across the canvas, evoking emotional turbulence.
 
The wings are not delicate symbols of protection. They feel structural — almost architectural — like shields forged in adversity. The closed eyes suggest inner grounding rather than submission. The figure does not beg. She endures. She rises.
Drips and fractured background marks introduce chaos, but the central form remains composed and upright. This is not a traditional religious angel painting. It is a contemporary reinterpretation of angelic archetypes — where divinity merges with human endurance.
 
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 91.5 x 117 x 2 cm
Unframed, stretched canvas
Ready to hang
Signed front and back
One-of-a-kind original artwork
Certificate of authenticity included
 
This original contemporary angel painting belongs to Andreica’s ongoing exploration of strength, survival, and emotional sovereignty.
 
Ideal for collectors of expressive figurative art, modern symbolic angel paintings, and statement contemporary works.
 
Originally presented in the Unbroken exhibition.
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