выстраданный gen.

[gnr]

[Tamerlane]

Каждая работа – открытие. Разворачивающаяся в сознании долгая история, достойная отдельной книги. Каждая работа – выстраданная жизнь, скрытая в мазках кистью по шершавому полотну холста.

a) Each oeuvre is a discovery. A long story unfolding in the artist's conscience, which is worth a separate book. Each oeuvre is a travailed life hidden in the brushstrokes across the rough surface of the canvas.

b) Each oeuvre is a life of travail hidden in the brushstrokes across the rough surface of the canvas.

c) Each oeuvre is his life with all its hardships and afflictions, which is hidden in the brushstrokes across the rough cloth of the canvas.

[nephew]

о, эта любовь к красивым словам, значения которых не знаешь :))

[witness]

... а чего тут знать?... oeuvre - это евро ... ну любит человек твердую европейскую валюту ... бредит ею ... чего же тут плохого?...

[Tamerlane]

Хотел написать "work", но посчитал, что слово "oeuvre" вполне применимо в текстах подобного рода.

[witness]

... лучше слова "oeuvre" только слово "dollar" ...

[Tamerlane]

Chris Bell: Sharon Van Etten‘s newest album, Tramp, is a knock-out. Van Etten breathes life into her poetry with a sound that is all her own. Tramp shifts from the harder-edged “Serpents” to the soothing and haunting “Give Out” while remaining charged with Van Etten’s breathy vocals. Featuring guest artists from The National, Wye Oak, Beirut and The Walkmen, Tramp is an oeuvre raw with emotion and introspection. Van Etten’s talent is true which is hard to imitate and impossible to fake.

http://www.earbuddy.net/2012/12/best-albums-of-2012-20.html/3

Если (among other reasons) полагаете, что "oeuvre" подразумевает скорее целое собрание работ, нежели одно конкретное произведение, используйте слово "work".

Wikipedia предлагает следующие варианты:
work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_of_art

[hsakira1]

ценная информация
особенно понравилось artwork и art object

[Tamerlane]

hsakira1,

I get a feeling you've lived in an English speaking country. Your commitment to mastering as much English as possible is commendable.

[hsakira1]

Thank you so much for your appreciation of my humble efforts but, to tell you the truth and in all earnesty, i have never set my foot outside of Ukraine (Kiev). i have always been stuck here. and do not underrate yourself, your command of English is equally good. i don’t mind having a nice little chat with you once in a while. let’s stay in contact/ keep in touch/ touch base from time to time, shall we?

[Tamerlane]

Sure, be my guest!

[hsakira1]

I will. почуємося! - which is the Ukrainian for "see you here" , or rather "hear you here"