Rise Up • Canvas
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Some paintings arrive with a burst of color.
This one arrived with a feeling.
I remember looking at the empty canvas and sensing movement before there was even a shape—something lifting upward, wings unfolding against darkness. Not falling. Not fighting. Just rising.
At first it felt like a Phoenix.
That ancient symbol has always stayed with me—the bird that rises from ashes, renewed, brighter than before. But as I began to paint, the Phoenix in front of me started to feel like more than a myth.
The colors came first.
Crimson. Gold. Turquoise. Violet. Each feather seemed to demand its own light against the deep black background. The wings stretched wider and wider, almost like flames turning into flight.
And as those colors spread across the canvas, I was reminded of a story shared with me by a close friend.
She once spoke about someone she had lived with—an openly LGBT woman whose strength quietly reshaped the way people around her saw the world. Not through confrontation, but through courage. Through the simple act of living honestly in a world that hasn't always made that easy.
That story stayed with me as I painted.
The Phoenix began to feel less like a creature of mythology and more like a symbol of something deeply human. The colors in its wings carried echoes of pride, identity, and resilience—reminders that rising often begins with the courage to be fully seen.
That's when the name came to me.
Rise Up.
Not just for the bird lifting itself into the sky.
But for every person who finds the strength to rise up within themselves… who refuses to dim their colors, even when the world around them feels dark.
Because when one soul finds the courage to rise up, it reminds the rest of us that love—true love—was never meant to live in shadows.
A STORY BORN FROM SONIA'S GRATEFUL HEART AND PERSONAL JOURNAL—AS TOLD BY SAM®
Original painting photography by Studio Graetz
About This Canvas Print
A Phoenix rises from pure darkness, wings ablaze with crimson, gold, turquoise, and violet against a deep black ground. It represents pride, identity, resilience, and the transformative courage required to be fully seen in a world that doesn't always make that easy. This expressive painting reflects the universal human journey of rising — and the reminder that when one soul finds the courage to live honestly, it lights the way for others.
- Subject: Phoenix rising — themes of pride, identity, resilience, and transformation
- Style: Expressive contemporary figurative art
- Colour palette: Deep black, crimson red, burnished gold, turquoise, violet
- Medium: 410gsm Giclée on canvas — museum-grade reproduction
- Framing options: Museum wrap [1.5"] or floating frame [2"]
- Available sizes: 24" × 18" up to 72" × 54"
- Edition: Limited edition, signed by the artist
- Collection: BLACK Canvas Originals by Sonia Malboeuf
- Artist: Sonia Malboeuf — Canadian contemporary artist
- Ideal placement: A textured focal point for a modern living room, executive office, or grand foyer
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410gsm Giclée on Canvas
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410gsm Giclée on Canvas
Available in wrapped or framed styles—
True to the Original
The depth and detail you see in a canvas print depends on the quality of the original capture.
By photographing every painting with a Hasselblad—renowned for color accuracy, detail, and dynamic range—your art print
carries inspiration in every detail.
Proprietary Material
Our artworks are 100% handmade, exclusively using archival-quality proprietary materials, ensuring they stand the test of time.
This results in deep, rich colors and incredible printing sharpness, delivering your final product with unmatched color brilliance and longevity.
What makes our canvas art prints exceptional?
Easy to live with
Each art print includes premium 3M CLAW™ steel hardware for
Authentic Limited Editions
Each art print is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and individually numbered—
part of a limited edition of 50.
Once they're gone, they're gone.