The Portal Series Set

Portal Series One – Complete Portfolio Series Statement: “What I chose to hold gave me dominion, but still—what slips through teaches me to yield.” The Portal Series One is a four-work cycle exploring restraint, power, release, and transformation. Built with gilding, sculptural wire, mirrors, and organic forms, each piece embodies both permanence and impermanence—what can be held, and what inevitably escapes. ⸻ 1. What I Chose to Hold • Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas – acrylic (cobalt & periwinkle), gilding in Damien’s Gold, sculptural copper wire, high-texture molding paste • Dimensions: 20” x 36” (stretched canvas) • Year: 2025 • Narrative: The inaugural Portal, What I Chose to Hold established the language of copper arcs and gilded motion. It speaks to the balance between presence and restraint—what we keep as power, and what slips away as release. • Retail Value: $5,200 | Collector Price: $OBO ⸻ 2. Dominion • Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas – Damien’s Gold flame/tree form, silver sculptural wire, dimensional red roses, silver leaves, and butterflies • Dimensions: [Confirm size—catalog placeholder until final] • Year: 2025 • Certificate: DDC-PS1-DOMINION-072625 (COA issued) • Narrative: A regal centerpiece, Dominion embodies structured power and radiance. It is both rooted and ascending—tree and flame—grounded in legacy yet reaching with force. Its roses and butterflies soften its strength with cycles of growth and change. • Retail Value: $6,000 | Collector Price: $OBO ⸻ 3. What Slips Through • Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas – acrylic, navy and green strokes, sculptural silver wire, gold leaf, celestial portal motif • Dimensions: 20” x 36” (stretched canvas) • Year: 2025 • Narrative: A meditation on absence and escape, What Slips Through acknowledges beauty in what cannot be held. Its strong brushwork, silver wire, and gilding interact with light, making it both bold and elusive. • Retail Value: $4,500 | Collector Price: $OBO ⸻ 4. Yield • Medium: Mixed Media on Stretched Canvas – acrylic, titanium white, gold dust, gilded foil, mirrors, layered paper, butterflies • Dimensions: 20” x 36” (stretched canvas) • Year: 2025 • Narrative: The closing Portal, Yield explores reluctant surrender and unraveling. It is fragile yet luminous, a reminder that yielding is not weakness but transformation. Its butterflies and mirrored fragments reflect fleeting light and permanence entwined. • Retail Value: $5,200 | Collector Price: $OBO ⸻ Collector Set Offering • Complete Titles: What I Chose to Hold, Dominion, What Slips Through, Yield • Total Retail Value: $22,000 • Collector Set Price: $3500 OBO Acquiring the complete series offers ownership of a cornerstone in Damien-Donovan’s artistic legacy. Each work stands alone, but together they form a unified narrative of power, release, and transformation.