The Neverending Story

Artist: Brent Doty
Series: Serialist Painting
Title: The NeverEnding Story
Size: 54" x 60" x 6"
Year: 2010
Medium: Sculptural Serialist Mixed Media Painting
 
  This sculptural Serialist Masterpiece by Brent Doty pays tribute to The NeverEnding Story, one of the most influential films of his youth. Built on a custom stretcher designed to mimic the physical form of a book, the artwork transforms cinema into an object—honoring the story’s themes of imagination, escape, and the power of reading itself.
 
  Layered imagery, narrative fragments, and serialist repetition unfold like pages, reflecting how stories are absorbed over time rather than consumed all at once. The book-shaped structure is not symbolic alone; it physically reinforces the role the film played in shaping Doty’s relationship with books, storytelling, and creative curiosity. The work becomes both memory and artifact—part painting, part personal archive.
 
  The NeverEnding Story is designed for collectors who value narrative depth, cultural memory, and intellectual engagement. Ideal for female collectors, corporate environments, libraries, educational spaces, interior designers, and modern condo interiors, the artwork functions as a visually distinctive focal point and a one-of-a-kind investment—quietly powerful, emotionally resonant, and rooted in the formative impact of stories that stay with us for life.