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Acrylic on linen, ready to hang.

Signed on the front.

Loosely inspired by the poem "The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendal Holmes, which can be interpreted as an allegory about death and the journey towards the afterlife.

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Acrylic on Linen

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#still life, #surreal, #bones, #skulls, #flowers, #apricot, #dark green

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