Sailing Around The Maltese Islands 2

by Olaug Vethal

• Acrylics on canvas
• 90cm by 90cm stretched
• 94cm by 94cm framed
• Circa 1995- 2000

  In Sailing Around the Maltese Islands 2, Olaug Vethal transforms the Maltese seascape through sweeping colour and movement. Boats appear amid shifting currents of blue, violet, pink and orange, while sea and sky seem to flow into one another.

  Within Vethal’s metaphysical world, sailing becomes a metaphor for passage and transformation. The vessel moves between land and horizon, the known and unknown, suggesting a journey beyond a physical place towards something less tangible. The Maltese sea becomes a threshold between the visible world and what may lie beyond it.

This work is currently hung at Spazju A, Spazju Kreattiv, Valletta until 25th October 2026 as part of the exhibition ‘Beyond The Visible | The Metaphysical Worlds of Olaug Vethal, curated by Christine Xuereb and in collaboration with Christine X Art Gallery.