Oil on deep edge canvas
Unframed
This work captures a moment suspended between power and undoing. A feminine profile emerges from gilded tendrils not solid, but forming and dissolving at once.
Inspired by the H. Rider Haggard novel She, this piece reflects on the charged stillness that precedes transformation.
Earth-warmed ochres and weathered gold evoke ancient walls and fading frescoes, as though she has lived for centuries within stone and dust. Gold highlights glimmer through the composition like remnants of memory and myth, suggesting a power that cannot entirely vanish.
Artwork Details
Oil on deep edge canvas
Gold Leaf & Paint | Painted around sides
80 × 60 × 5cm
Varnished
Embellished with 24ct vintage gold leaf
Signed and supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity
Free UK delivery
International shipping quotes available before purchase.
Artist’s notes
Fine shimmering accents have been woven throughout the composition to suggest fragments of forgotten stories, ancient treasures and memories carried across generations.
Although inspired by literature, I wanted the painting to remain open to interpretation—inviting each viewer to discover their own story within its layers.
Oil on deep edge canvas
Unframed
This work captures a moment suspended between power and undoing. A feminine profile emerges from gilded tendrils not solid, but forming and dissolving at once.
Inspired by the H. Rider Haggard novel She, this piece reflects on the charged stillness that precedes transformation.
Earth-warmed ochres and weathered gold evoke ancient walls and fading frescoes, as though she has lived for centuries within stone and dust. Gold highlights glimmer through the composition like remnants of memory and myth, suggesting a power that cannot entirely vanish.
Artwork Details
Oil on deep edge canvas
Gold Leaf & Paint | Painted around sides
80 × 60 × 5cm
Varnished
Embellished with 24ct vintage gold leaf
Signed and supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity
Free UK delivery
International shipping quotes available before purchase.
Artist’s notes
Fine shimmering accents have been woven throughout the composition to suggest fragments of forgotten stories, ancient treasures and memories carried across generations.
Although inspired by literature, I wanted the painting to remain open to interpretation—inviting each viewer to discover their own story within its layers.
