Amphitrite’s Lair – Original Large-Scale Abstract Collector Painting by Erin McGrath Rieke
About This Artwork
Amphitrite’s Lair is a large abstract acrylic painting inspired by Amphitrite, the ancient Greek goddess of the sea. Its layered blues, submerged textures, and shifting passages of light evoke the silence and mystery of deep water.
I created the painting during late winter nights in 2010, in the earliest days of Divinemoira Studio. The cold became part of the process. Acrylic paint began freezing directly on the canvas, causing pigments to separate and crystalline formations to emerge across the surface. What began as a painting became a collaboration with the elements.
The ocean in this work is both subject and metaphor. Beneath its calm surface exists another landscape, vast and largely unknowable, holding memory, grief, stillness, and the parts of ourselves we keep hidden from view.
Artwork Details
Artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
Title: Amphitrite’s Lair
Year Created: 2010
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artwork Size: 36 W × 48 H × 2.5 D in
Style: Contemporary Abstract / Textured Abstraction
Subject: Ocean, mythology, elemental forces, emotional depth
Series: Early Works
Original Artwork: One-of-a-kind
Frame: Not included
Original Collector Artwork
This is a singular, one-of-a-kind artwork created by Erin McGrath Rieke. The original painting will never be reproduced at its full 36 × 48-inch dimensions.
A signed certificate of authenticity documenting the title, year, medium, dimensions, and original status of the work is included with the purchase.
Additional Information
The freezing pigments created mineral-like separations and textured formations that could not have been produced through brushwork alone. These irregularities are integral to the painting and reflect an early period in my practice when I began allowing chance, material behavior, and environment to shape the finished work.
Named for the Greek goddess of the sea, Amphitrite’s Lair occupies the space between refuge and uncertainty. Its surface changes with light and viewing distance, slowly revealing the depth beneath its restrained blue palette.
Collector Price
$8,200 with shipping included
The price reflects the painting’s original collector status, large scale, distinctive material process, and place within the formative years of Divinemoira Studio.
Shipping and Local Pickup
The listed price includes professional packing or crating, handling, insurance, and standard ground or freight delivery from St. Louis to one address within the contiguous United States.
White-glove service, installation, unusual access requirements, or expedited transportation may require an additional charge arranged with the collector before shipment.
Complimentary local pickup is available in the St. Louis area by prior arrangement. Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and international destinations must be arranged and quoted separately.
Fine-Art Prints
Open-edition archival prints of Amphitrite’s Lair may be offered separately in dimensions smaller than the original painting. Prints are reproductions and do not include the original artwork’s certificate of authenticity.
Amphitrite’s Lair – Original Large-Scale Abstract Collector Painting by Erin McGrath Rieke
About This Artwork
Amphitrite’s Lair is a large abstract acrylic painting inspired by Amphitrite, the ancient Greek goddess of the sea. Its layered blues, submerged textures, and shifting passages of light evoke the silence and mystery of deep water.
I created the painting during late winter nights in 2010, in the earliest days of Divinemoira Studio. The cold became part of the process. Acrylic paint began freezing directly on the canvas, causing pigments to separate and crystalline formations to emerge across the surface. What began as a painting became a collaboration with the elements.
The ocean in this work is both subject and metaphor. Beneath its calm surface exists another landscape, vast and largely unknowable, holding memory, grief, stillness, and the parts of ourselves we keep hidden from view.
Artwork Details
Artist: Erin McGrath Rieke
Title: Amphitrite’s Lair
Year Created: 2010
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artwork Size: 36 W × 48 H × 2.5 D in
Style: Contemporary Abstract / Textured Abstraction
Subject: Ocean, mythology, elemental forces, emotional depth
Series: Early Works
Original Artwork: One-of-a-kind
Frame: Not included
Original Collector Artwork
This is a singular, one-of-a-kind artwork created by Erin McGrath Rieke. The original painting will never be reproduced at its full 36 × 48-inch dimensions.
A signed certificate of authenticity documenting the title, year, medium, dimensions, and original status of the work is included with the purchase.
Additional Information
The freezing pigments created mineral-like separations and textured formations that could not have been produced through brushwork alone. These irregularities are integral to the painting and reflect an early period in my practice when I began allowing chance, material behavior, and environment to shape the finished work.
Named for the Greek goddess of the sea, Amphitrite’s Lair occupies the space between refuge and uncertainty. Its surface changes with light and viewing distance, slowly revealing the depth beneath its restrained blue palette.
Collector Price
$8,200 with shipping included
The price reflects the painting’s original collector status, large scale, distinctive material process, and place within the formative years of Divinemoira Studio.
Shipping and Local Pickup
The listed price includes professional packing or crating, handling, insurance, and standard ground or freight delivery from St. Louis to one address within the contiguous United States.
White-glove service, installation, unusual access requirements, or expedited transportation may require an additional charge arranged with the collector before shipment.
Complimentary local pickup is available in the St. Louis area by prior arrangement. Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, and international destinations must be arranged and quoted separately.
Fine-Art Prints
Open-edition archival prints of Amphitrite’s Lair may be offered separately in dimensions smaller than the original painting. Prints are reproductions and do not include the original artwork’s certificate of authenticity.
