Vellere - Limited Run Print

'Vellere' is a piece made to be experienced- a dramatic intersection of raw power and fragile beauty combines in this still life photograph and brings a modern perspective to the traditional Dutch Golden Age painterly style. The composition thrives on contrast: piercing sharp eyes of raptors, soft velvet textures of flower petals, crisp pages of antique books, and the harsh wool of a 100 year old hand-woven rug. Meticulously arranged to balance organic forms and dramatic chiaroscuro, the piece evokes a vanitas theme of nature's ephemeral beauty and the falsity of scarcity. 'Vellere' is part of a new and ongoing body of work, ‘Mors Imperii’. The images in this series explore the intersection of our loss of autonomy, the rise of authoritarianism, and the shared transformation of ritual mourning.