almost implausible to capture
Ink on gold leaf
They are living optical illusions. Pigment shape-shifters.
The experience hinges on the mood lighting and your added perspective.
Apparitions appear if you move just right.
Under cool bulbs > silver, grey, and violet-blue emerge.
In warm or natural light > reds, golds and the contorting take centre stage.
I’ve watched the same piece throw brilliant copper at sunrise, then settle in with a serene misty fog at night.
At eye-level: a rainbow sky. From below: moody clouds.
Each work is built from multiple vantage points > layered with intentional hidden designs ready to reveal themselves.
(It’s a workout. A laborious love affair I can’t keep away from.)
The light is in control. But what you see depends on where you stand.
For the full experience request a video or visit my Instagram.
Commission a bespoke gold leaf panel by contacting elleowyn.art@gmail.com or filling in my contact form.
set the controls for the heart of the sun.
bartismal.
It’s the moment just before immersion.
On the surface, a suggestion:
(whispered) > To plunge is holy.
You stand at the edge
suspended between reflection & depth.
The illusion holds the surface tension
until you move
and everything changes.
sold
>dawning<
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