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A small group of works, not for general view. Presented in the dark, as the painter intended — held in the discretion of those who already know.
№ 01
2024 · Oil on canvas
On a vast turquoise plane, clusters of pearl and rose unfold like coral, like cherry blossom, like the breath of a gemstone. An oriental serenity worn as a necklace of light.
№ 02
An inner courtyard of emerald, citrine and lapis, framed by a wall of warm amber. The composition unfolds like the inlay of a precious cabinet — every facet placed with the patience of a jeweller.
№ 03
2025 · Oil and gold pigment on canvas
From a deep emerald ground, a creature of fire emerges — equal parts ornament and incantation. Donleon's expertise in haute joaillerie surfaces here in the engraved textures, the bestiary of a private myth.
№ 04
2025 · Oil on canvas
Vertical strokes of crimson, citrine, sapphire and jade fall through a silver mist — a downpour of cut stones. A study in joy held with the discipline of a maître joaillier.
№ 05
Topaz, rose quartz and olivine branch across a dark ground — a Persian almond tree in bloom, set as if it were a fibula of antique gold.
№ 06
Amethyst, citrine and pearl move across the canvas in slow procession — the gentle gravity of a rosary, the contemplative cadence of prayer beads in the hand.
№ 07
A single great rose composed of jade, rose quartz, opal and citrine — a brooch enlarged to the scale of a garden, where every petal is a setting of light.
№ 08
Lapis, coral, citrine and ruby bloom from an olive ground — a posy of stones gathered as one would gather flowers at first light.
№ 09
2023 · Oil and gold pigment on canvas
A monumental panel of burnished amber crossed by the faintest threads of black — the inside of a jewel held to the light, the engraving of a master.
№ 10
A map drawn in amethyst, lavender and onyx — uncut stones strewn across a sheet of vellum, each one waiting to be set into its final ornament.
№ 11
A fan of tourmaline, citrine and rose — an art-deco sunrise bordered by hand-painted filigree. Each ray a faceted stone set into a sky of pure pigment.
№ 12
Ruby, ochre, sapphire and emerald set side by side like the inlay of a Florentine cabinet — a quilt of precious matter built stroke after patient stroke.
№ 13
A topaz sky frames an inner courtyard of sapphire and amber — the memory of an oriental palace reduced to its essential stones.
№ 14
On a ground of pure citrine, blades of coral and onyx cross with the geometry of a fan opened to the light. Movement held in absolute equilibrium.
№ 15
A column of garnet smoke rises through a sage horizon, pierced by triangles of topaz and sapphire — a quiet ascension, the soul taking the form of light.
№ 16
On a rose-quartz ground, lapis, jade and coral drift into a quiet constellation — separate stones recognising one another across a still field.
№ 17
2024 · Oil and copper pigment on canvas
A weathered copper plane crossed by three orange ciphers — a codex half-erased by time, the way a goblet of beaten metal carries the memory of every hand that held it.
№ 18
Three slivers of citrine fall across a deep malachite ground — a minimal gesture, the patience of a jeweller who knows that one stone, well set, can hold an entire room.
№ 19
A diagonal downpour of peridot and bronze across a citrine ground — rain in an olive grove, painted with the patience of a maker who counts every leaf.
№ 20
Two raw emerald rods rest across a pond of sapphire and jade — a Monet seen through the eyes of a lapidary, where every ripple is a polished stone.
№ 21
Slate planes crossed by amber rails — a quiet architecture of lines, the way a jeweller draws a setting before the first stone is laid.
№ 22
A great obsidian plate set against a vermillion wall, marked by two golden ingots — the gravity of a sanctuary stone, the silence of a private vault.
№ 23
Blocks of carmine arranged across an ivory ground like an ideogram half-erased — calligraphy written in pure ruby, read by the body before the eye.
№ 24
Malachite, copper and amethyst sheared into a fan of light — a tropical chord painted with the dense, layered patience of a master engraver.
№ 25
An emerald mirror crossed by a single copper blade — a still water of malachite where one orange stone has been allowed to fall.
№ 26
A page of silver-blue weather marked by three slender bars of indigo — a moonstone surface inscribed with the patient script of rain.
№ 27
An ochre island bordered in coral, struck by two obsidian flecks and a sliver of pure jade — a study in restraint, each element weighed like a setting.
№ 28
A bruise of saffron, plum and verdigris held inside a calm sapphire ground — an inner wound dressed in the colours of dusk.
№ 29
A carnelian glyph set inside a quilt of green and indigo — an emblem at the centre of a private cosmology.
№ 30
A peridot meadow disturbed by a single carnelian lozenge — minimal, certain, the gesture of a master who knows when to stop.
№ 31
A nocturne of midnight and ember held in a coral frame — a sapphire sky set against the warmth of living stone.
№ 32
A tapestry of saffron, rose and bronze woven from countless small strokes — a garden remembered through the colour of its light rather than its forms.
№ 33
Tourmaline, coral and lapis layered through a veil of moss — a garden seen through the soft glaze that follows rain, every colour washed back into the canvas.
№ 34
2024 · Oil and gold pigment on canvas
A topaz city doubled in its own reflection — minarets and towers held above a still surface of gold, the way a memory holds its own image.
№ 35
On a ground of dusty rose, tesserae of citrine, lapis and emerald build a mosaic that breathes — every block a small private window onto another colour.
№ 36
Vertical columns of ruby, sapphire and peridot rise on a ground of warm bronze — a cathedral built entirely of coloured stripes, each one polished to a quiet shine.
№ 37
A tide of garnet and oxblood moves under a thin silver crest — the dark mirror of a stone slowly turning in firelight, kept in a private chamber.
№ 38
Vast copper arcs sweep around a deep lapis core — the orbits of unseen planets traced in oxidised metal, held in a single private cosmos.