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We think of portraits as attempts to preserve — likeness, identity, memory. But these works look in the other direction. They are not about preservation, but release. They begin where identity ends.
In this pair of limited edition prints, the figure is reduced to its most elemental presence. No face, no name, no gesture. Just a silhouette—receding, dissolving, suspended in colour. The composition is spare, but not empty. Each work holds the space a person might have filled. And in doing so, it asks what remains.
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"The self may dissolve. But presence, in some form, always remains."
Memento Mori — remember you must die. It is not a warning, but an invitation: to see transience not as loss, but as fact. These works don’t mourn the vanishing figure. They record it. Red, blue, yellow, black — not symbolic, but atmospheric. Light and pigment become the trace.
The body may fade, but something lingers. A heat, a shape, a suggestion. The works don’t cling to what’s gone. They sit with it. Quietly. Unflinchingly. In that stillness, there’s a kind of peace. The self may dissolve. But presence, in some form, always remains.
These are not portraits in the traditional sense. They are reminders. Not of who we are — but that we were.
Edition details
Each edition is a multi-layered UV pigment print on Somerset paper, produced by Make-Ready, a leading fine art printer London. The layering process separates key elements of the composition, creating a sense of depth and material contrast across the surface. Each piece is housed in a bespoke frame by Lord & Duplooy, using museum-grade materials, powder-coated aluminium framing and anti-reflective, UV-protective glass to preserve colour and texture in all lighting conditions. The series is produced in an edition of 10, with 2 artist’s proofs, each signed on the verso.
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