Mausoleum of Avicenna by Nico Tracey Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm as though light itself were

as though light itself were part of the arrangement

almost calligraphic lines

rewarding close inspection on your wall

The composition relies on a neutral background to let the plumage speak for itself

Each specimen is rendered with the vibrant precision of Victorian natural history illustration — wings spread to reveal intricate pattern work in deep cobalt

Mausoleum of Avicenna by Nico Tracey Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm as though light itself wereNico Tracey layers architecture and graphic design in a portrait format composition that approaches the Mausoleum of Avicenna as both monument and visual problem. The work holds the building's geometric forms against a more collaged, designed surface structure meets interpretation, the historical and the contemporary folded into a single image. There is a deliberate tension between document and artwork, between the weight of the subject and the