Paintings that hold the light.

Still lifes, nocturnes and figures, worked in the chiaroscuro tradition — drawn out of near-darkness by a single, deliberate source of light.

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The Gilt Frame · 2023, oil on panel

Two Sisters · 2023, oil on panel

Flowers, After Dark · 2024, oil on linen

The Long Table · 2023, oil on canvas

Statement

I paint the moment before the light leaves the room — when objects are most themselves, and most uncertain.

Each canvas begins in shadow. What survives is only what the light insists upon: the curve of a pear, the weight of a hand, the last warmth in a fold of cloth.

Portrait in Umber · 2024, oil on canvas

In the studio · Atelier 14, Berlin

Ground, glaze, patience · the studio table

The Painter

A slow way of seeing

Trained in Antwerp and Florence, Séraphine paints the way the old masters did — in thin, patient glazes. Her subjects are few and ordinary; what she is really painting is the light that finds them.

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Exhibitions