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Duke and Lume

Everything it ever took, worn at once

The Treasurer

Noble Creatures
Year
2026
Collection
Noble Creatures
Medium
Digital painting
Orientation
portrait

The Treasurer takes the corvid's logic entirely seriously: everything it ever carried off, worn at once. Amethyst at the brow, citrine and peridot down the wing, a gilded plinth to stand on — and underneath all of it a plain black bird that has clearly won.

Process

The ground was scraped back to bare gold in places so the bird stands against a wall that is already treasure — the black of the feathers is the only cool colour left in the picture.

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