Winter Veil of the Forgotten
Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
Medium: Oil Pastels on Paper
Dimensions: Approximately 25 x 35 cm (framed)
Year: 2025
Framing: Framed
Finish: Varnished
Signature: Signed on front and back
Description:
“Winter Veil of the Forgotten” by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson captures a solemn, spectral vision of a snow-covered cemetery — a forgotten resting place lying dormant beneath a cold winter shroud. Twisted crosses lean into the silence, and a half-open grave invites unsettling questions beneath the hush of falling snow. A mausoleum, skeletal trees, and withered flora echo memories long buried, standing frozen in time.
This atmospheric work speaks to the haunting beauty of desolation, where winter becomes both a veil and a witness. Created in oil pastels on paper, the tactile strokes and soft textures contrast with the emotional weight of the scene. The piece is varnished for protection and signed on both the front and back, ensuring authenticity and care in presentation.
Welcome
Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
Medium: Oil Pastels on Paper
Dimensions: Approximately 25 x 35 cm (framed)
Year: 2025
Framing: Sold Framed
Finish: Varnished
Signature: Signed on front and back
Description:
“Welcome” by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson is a striking and psychologically charged work that flips the idea of hospitality into something ominous. A strange, looming figure with exaggerated, hollow eyes appears at the threshold — part mask, part specter — offering not comfort, but confrontation. Below, the word “WELCOME” is scrawled in urgent red, a false invitation that leaves the viewer unsettled.
Set within an eerie, shadow-stained interior, the use of oil pastels creates a raw, textural tension, while the palette of bruised purples, smudged blacks, and ghostly reds channels the spirit of Halloween and themes of the uncanny. This is a scene where the domestic turns dark, and perception blurs between protection and peril.
A haunting portrayal of emotional dissonance, Welcome explores the contradiction of familiar spaces becoming threatening — a concept that resonates deeply with modern anxieties around safety, identity, and the masks we wear.
Why This Work Stands Out:
- A bold reinterpretation of the traditional welcome — deeply unsettling and conceptually rich
- Evokes Halloween’s duality of trick and treat, surface and shadow
- Taps into themes of domestic dread, psychological horror, and the surreal
- Created by a female artist using expressive oil pastel techniques with evocative impact
- Framed, varnished, and ready to display — signed both front and back for authenticity
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