Isma J. Rafiq
A Long Way Down – Underwater Love by Isma J. Rafiq
Underwater Love series
£480.00 Framed
Drawn to scale: the wall is 3 m high and the artwork is hung with its centre 150 cm from the floor, the height galleries use.

Point the camera at your wall, drag the artwork into place and use the slider (or pinch) to size it. Framed 52.0 × 65.0 cm — for reference, a standard door is about 200 cm high.
- Medium
- Archival pigment Giclée print on 310gsm textured fine art paper, hand-finished and embellished by the artist to create a unique, one-of-a-kind work
- Dimensions
- Image size 38 × 50 cm
Framed size 65 × 52 cm - Frame
- Window mounted in an Italian made silver leaf frame with non-reflective glass
- Edition
- Limited edition of 10 — edition 4/10
- Reference
- IJR-UL-001 · Artist ref 9021
The story
A Long Way Down speaks to the depths of solitude, the fall from grace, and the quiet strength it takes to rise again. The descent is not only about falling, but about surrendering to the unknown without fear — moving through darkness, distance and isolation, and finding the power to return. The whale shark became the perfect vessel for that idea: immense, calm and almost otherworldly, carrying a sense of both vulnerability and strength.
Supplied with a serialised Ivory & Ink certificate of authenticity and framed in the UK by a Guild Certified framer.
Suspended within an imagined underwater garden, a spotted whale shark drifts gracefully between curling striped stems and delicate botanical forms. The creature appears to be descending into a world where reality gives way to fantasy.
Archival pigment Giclée print on 310gsm textured fine art paper, hand-finished and embellished by the artist to create a unique, one-of-a-kind work. Image size 38 × 50 cm, framed size 65 × 52 cm. Window mounted in an Italian made silver leaf frame with non-reflective glass. Limited edition of 10 — edition 4/10.
Reference IJR-UL-001


