by MARGUERITTE TONBAZIAN

Artwork Description

Fear on Skybridge

48.0 x 36.0 inches

Fear on Skybridge was inspired by travels to Pigeon Forge and the Gatlinburg SkyPark Bridge in Tennessee — a place where exhilaration meets unease. Although the figures are imagined, the emotion reflects the shared experience of visitors who sense the tension between beauty and fear when standing high above the ground — the fear of height, the uncertainty of weather, and the fragile trust in transparent ground. Through layered applications of oil, Rublev marble dust, and Gamblin cold wax, the painting explores the contrast between transparency and weight, fragility and strength. The work transforms collective fear into a moment of suspended reflection — a dialogue between vulnerability, awe, and the human instinct for balance amid uncertainty.

Artwork Details

Medium: Painting Oil

Genre: Abstract