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About trompehalf

I am an artist with a fascination with history. Not battles per se, but the culture and personalities that shape history. Gossip is good too.

Henry VIII 1491-1557 The Monster

Henry started his reign as the quintessential renaissance prince: handsome, educated, generous and lively. However he ended his reign as one of the most unstable, greedy, neurotic, paranoid, cruel and disgustingly obese English kings. He dragged England to the Protestant … Continue reading

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Elizabeth of York 1466-1503 The Beautiful

Queen consort of Henry VII she was uniquely the daughter, sister, niece and wife ( Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III and Henry VII) of a reigning English king. Apparently happily married, Elizabeth gave birth to eight children but died … Continue reading

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Henry VII 1457-1509 The Parsimonious

The two ambitious houses of England, the Yorks and the Lancasters, clashed in armed conflict for the throne: the War of the Roses. Henry deposed the despised Richard III and ascended the throne. He married Elizabeth of York effectively fusing … Continue reading

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Pax

This piece shows the first time I started to inlude objects in the layers of resin.

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Ophelia

Based on the tragic character from Hamlet. With thanks to J.W. Waterhouse’s great painting.

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The Art of Foresight

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The Planet Collector

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Enfilade Series

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At Versailles, when the mobs came for Marie Antoinette she barely escaped by slipping through a hidden door in her bedroom.

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Palazzo Enfilade

Part of my on-going fascination with Venice. This enfilade is made up of several rooms in different palazzos.

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Barbaro Enfilade

Part of my series on enfilades. This one is made up of several rooms at the Villa Barbaro, one of Palladio and Veronese’ masterpieces in the Veneto.

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