The Reliquary
a collection of small precious artworks
Meeting of the Monarchs
Size: 8” x 8”
Year Created: 2025
Mediums: Oil Paint on water gilded 23k gold leaf surface.
Summary:
Hand-painted black raven. He is the crow king in my series. He ventured to meet with the queen bee and parlay. The queen rests on her crown atop a pastiglia poppy surface. The poppy has a heart of faceted quartz. Comes framed.
$1200
Honeycomb Relic
Size: 6" (when open) x 4.5"
Year Created: 2025
Mediums: Oil Paint on vintage gilded triptych
Summary:
Hidden behind closed gilt doors, the Honeycomb Relic waits like a secret unearthed. When opened, it reveals a golden lattice of waxy cells encasing a single painted bee—keeper of light and labor. Every hexagon hums with quiet devotion, its crimson and gold surface echoing centuries-old altarpieces now turned toward the small and sacred.
Hand-gilded and oil-painted on a vintage Florentine triptych, this piece bridges reverence and relic, devotion and discovery. It belongs to the Altar Relics—a series of intimate treasures made for those who seek wonder in hidden things.
$200
Blue Honey
Size: 6”x8”
Year Created: 2025
Mediums: 22K Green Gold Leaf, Oil Paint
Summary:
Did this bee live beside the shelled candy company? We’ll never know. Blue honey is the product of their hard labors though. Comes Framed
300
Song Bird Relic
Size: 8”x8”
Year Created: 2025
Mediums: 23k Gold Leaf and Oil Paint
Summary:
This exquisite painting captures the serene beauty of a bluebird perched delicately among blooming cherry blossoms. The vibrant blues and yellows of the bird's plumage contrast beautifully with the soft pinks of the blossoms, all set against a luminous gold-leaf background that adds a touch of elegance and warmth. The intricate brushwork brings the scene to life, highlighting the delicate details of the feathers, petals, and branches.
Currently Showing at the Distinction Gallery in Escondido, CA
$275
Genuflection to the Crow King Relic
Size: 8”x8”
Year Created: 2024
Mediums: 18K Moon Gold Leaf, Oil Paint, Semi Precious Stones
Summary:
Bowing his head and submitting his tithe pulled from the frame itself, the raven bows before it’s King.. Bright black plumage with a blue sheen shines brightly from all the corvid.
1100
Honey Relic
Size: 4x6
Year Created: 2025
Mediums: Oil Paint with Rose Gold
Summary:
A quiet gleam pulls the eye first—the shimmer of gold leaf worn in places like an artifact handled by careful, reverent hands. At its center, a cluster of warm honeycomb glows as if lit from within, each cell rich with resinous depth. A single bee rests upon it, frozen mid-task, a tiny guardian of sweetness and toil.
Faint hexagons ghost across the gilded surface, emerging and receding like a memory beneath the metal. The whole piece feels like something uncovered rather than created, a small treasure that seems to hum with its own secret history.
$200
Opalescence
Size: 4”x6”
Year Created: 2026
Mediums: Oil Paint on silver leaf
Summary: Hand gilded in the Italian “Pastiglia” style, this little opal-like seahorse swims in the shallows gently glimmering amongst the rocks
The Royal Portrait
The Cardinal Baron
Size: 6”x8”
Year Created: 2026
Mediums: Oil Paint on aged silver leaf and hand ground shell gold
Summary: Hand gilded in the Italian “Pastiglia” style, this little cardinal baron copies the crow king in all things court related
$225
Size: 6”x8”
Year Created: 2026
Mediums: Oil Paint on 23k gold leaf and hand ground shell gold
Summary: Hand gilded in the Italian “Pastiglia” style, this crow king had his portrait completed to adorn his abode and look down upon his court
White Browed Relic
Size: 4”x7” when closed 8”x7” when open
Year Created: 2026
Mediums: Oil Paint on 23k gold leaf with tiger eye cabochon
Summary: Hand gilded on a vintage Florentine hinged triptych. The white browed tit warbler sits in anticipation of your reverence.