Bog of Regret: The Swamp of Sorrows Collection
In the Bog of Regret, words left unspoken gather weight and sink like stones. Peronella, Our Lady in Red, stands before a massive stone head descen...
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Three journeys.
The sacred architecture of Île-de-France. The mythological descent of Persephone.
The emotional topography of grief.
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Île-de-FranceÎle-de-France
The Île-de-France Collection is a visual inquiry into the historic heart and soul of France, charting the spirit of the region from the soaring, industrial ambition of Paris—where iron meets the brief fire of every autumn—to the sacred geometry of Sainte-Chapelle and the regal silence of Versailles. These works capture the profound emotional resonance of monuments where history and mythology converge, offering a meditation on enduring beauty and the delicate boundary where fate meets the divine. This is an acquisition...
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The Empress of DeathThe Empress of Death
The Empress of Death Series is a monumental study into the myth of Persephone reborn, charting her profound transformation from goddess to absolute sovereign. These works isolate the pivotal moments of her passage, capturing the fierce tenacity forged by sorrow, love, and self-willed sacrifice. The series reveals that true power is not granted, but earned through confronting destiny, offering a powerful, eternal narrative that explores the serene and beautiful weight of dominion over shadow.
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Swamp of SorrowsSwamp of Sorrows
The Swamp of Sorrows is an exploration of grief's emotional topography—a landscape that materializes around those who have experienced profound loss. Each clearing renders a specific stage of mourning into physical architecture: bogs where regret sinks, pools where sorrow drowns, territories where despair pulls downward, monuments where tears harden to stone. These are the aftershocks of loss—blinding, smothering, heavy landscapes where emotions become so thick it's hard to see through them.
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Featured ArtworksFeatured Artworks
This collection serves as the definitive introduction to the House of Montague vision. Here, I present the most pivotal works that chart the dualities of life: the dark and the light, beauty and its fleeting nature, the collision of mythological with the profound historical. These pieces have been individually curated to demonstrate the full range of the Montague aesthetic—transforming light, shadow, tragedy, and beauty into enduring legacies for the discerning collector.
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Le Bassin de Neptune: Dominion Rising from Shadow
At Versailles' northern boundary, Neptune's realm spreads beneath cinematic skies—the largest fountain complex in the gardens, where sovereign powe...
La Renommée du Roi: The Triumph of Eternal Memory
Where Fame inscribes eternal glory while crushing Envy beneath marble feet, Louis XIV's legacy becomes immutable. The winged figure of Fame eternal...
The Gallery of Great Battles: Versailles' Hall of Inevitable Glory
Louis-Philippe I executed an architectural purge, destroying his forefathers' apartments to install a monumental shrine to French victory. The Gall...
The Orangerie at Versailles: Where Winter Surrenders to Royal Will
Louis XIV's Orangerie commanded winter to surrender—3,000 citrus trees sheltered in massive vaulted galleries heated through frozen nights. Mediter...
Storm Clouds at Latona's Fountain: When Heaven Threatens
Storm clouds mass behind Latona's appeal to heaven as peasants twist into frogs mid-transformation. The sky transforms the fountain from sculptural...
The Altar of Thorns: The Supreme Reliquary of Divine Suffering
At Sainte-Chapelle's sacred apex, the altar that held Christ's Crown of Thorns stands as the ultimate medieval paradox — an empty circle worth more...
The Rose of the Apocalypse: Heaven's Final Revelation
Fifteen meters of impossible color float in Sainte-Chapelle's western wall, transforming St. John's Apocalypse from terror into kaleidoscopic glory...
Bassin d'Apollon: The Sun's Triumphant Ascension
The Sun God rises with his charging horses from the depths, frozen at the supreme moment of emergence — that eternal instant when chaos submits to ...