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Weathering Collection
Original Mixed-Media Sculptural Assemblage
24 × 36 inches | Portrait orientation
Twenty-two reclaimed Pacific oyster shells move outward in an organic spiral across a deep, iridescent navy surface. Genuine copper leaf creates defined geometric spaces beneath them, setting the certainty of straight lines against the unpredictable movement of becoming.
Life places us inside structures: roles, expectations, identities and carefully drawn boundaries. For a time, they give us shape. Eventually, some become too small for the person we are becoming.
Across the deep navy surface, genuine copper leaf creates a series of defined spaces. Through them, the shells move in a counterclockwise spiral, progressing from the small, luminous centre toward larger outer forms. Their path suggests that transformation rarely happens in order. We circle back, cross old boundaries and encounter familiar places from a changed perspective.
The storm-dark palette carries the emotional language of the Weathering collection. Blues shift between navy, turquoise and pearl, while copper and white emerge through the surface like light after unsettled water. Each shell carries evidence of what has passed over it, but none is defined by that history alone.
What once confined us can become part of the composition. What appeared to be an ending can become another beginning when its context changes.
The Shape of Becoming is not about escaping everything that formed us. It is about carrying those experiences forward without allowing them to determine the limits of who we may become.
One-of-one original artwork
24 × 36-inch birch panel
Portrait orientation
22 reclaimed Pacific oyster shells from the Salish Sea
Acrylic colour and iridescent media
Genuine copper leaf
Individually composed and resin-finished shells
Deep satin navy surface with subtle blue iridescence
Sculptural profile with natural variation in depth
Created on Vancouver Island in 2026
Signed and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
Weathering explores how we are changed by what we endure, what we release and what we carry forward. Storm-dark blues, shifting pearl, copper and flashes of white move across the shells like unsettled water.
The copper represents what remains with us. Not damage, but evidence. A warmth carried forward from everything that has altered us.
These shells have not been returned to what they once were. They have become something that could only exist because of what they have passed through.
Created for indoor display. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight, excessive moisture and abrupt temperature changes. Dust gently with a clean, soft, dry brush. Do not use household cleaners or immerse any part of the artwork in water.
Available for collection in Nanaimo or delivery inquiries. Please contact The Painted Oyster to discuss placement and shipping.
Weathering Collection
Original Mixed-Media Sculptural Assemblage
24 × 36 inches | Portrait orientation
Twenty-two reclaimed Pacific oyster shells move outward in an organic spiral across a deep, iridescent navy surface. Genuine copper leaf creates defined geometric spaces beneath them, setting the certainty of straight lines against the unpredictable movement of becoming.
Life places us inside structures: roles, expectations, identities and carefully drawn boundaries. For a time, they give us shape. Eventually, some become too small for the person we are becoming.
Across the deep navy surface, genuine copper leaf creates a series of defined spaces. Through them, the shells move in a counterclockwise spiral, progressing from the small, luminous centre toward larger outer forms. Their path suggests that transformation rarely happens in order. We circle back, cross old boundaries and encounter familiar places from a changed perspective.
The storm-dark palette carries the emotional language of the Weathering collection. Blues shift between navy, turquoise and pearl, while copper and white emerge through the surface like light after unsettled water. Each shell carries evidence of what has passed over it, but none is defined by that history alone.
What once confined us can become part of the composition. What appeared to be an ending can become another beginning when its context changes.
The Shape of Becoming is not about escaping everything that formed us. It is about carrying those experiences forward without allowing them to determine the limits of who we may become.
One-of-one original artwork
24 × 36-inch birch panel
Portrait orientation
22 reclaimed Pacific oyster shells from the Salish Sea
Acrylic colour and iridescent media
Genuine copper leaf
Individually composed and resin-finished shells
Deep satin navy surface with subtle blue iridescence
Sculptural profile with natural variation in depth
Created on Vancouver Island in 2026
Signed and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
Weathering explores how we are changed by what we endure, what we release and what we carry forward. Storm-dark blues, shifting pearl, copper and flashes of white move across the shells like unsettled water.
The copper represents what remains with us. Not damage, but evidence. A warmth carried forward from everything that has altered us.
These shells have not been returned to what they once were. They have become something that could only exist because of what they have passed through.
Created for indoor display. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight, excessive moisture and abrupt temperature changes. Dust gently with a clean, soft, dry brush. Do not use household cleaners or immerse any part of the artwork in water.
Available for collection in Nanaimo or delivery inquiries. Please contact The Painted Oyster to discuss placement and shipping.