A delicately painted marble panel, cut so finely that the stone becomes softly translucent, turning artwork into an architectural surface with depth and glow.

Officer and the Nude is a figurative composition rendered with light, precise brushwork on an ultra-thin marble ground. The palette is restrained and elegant - warm skin tones, ink-like linework and a wash of muted green drapery - allowing the natural character of the marble to remain present beneath the image.

Because the marble is cut to exceptional thinness, the panel carries a subtle translucency. In ambient light it reads as a refined painted surface; with backlighting it gains a quiet luminosity, as if the image is suspended within the stone rather than sitting on top of it.

Part of our Painted Stone and Marble collection, this type of work is suited to feature panels, framed wall installations, niches and bespoke commissions where art and materiality are intended to be inseparable. Natural variation in the marble and the hand painted finish ensures each panel is unique.