Fontaine Scarelli Romulan - Shadows Within Shadows For Sale

The third entry in Scarelli's science fiction sub-series, Romulan — Shadows Within Shadows draws on one of Star Trek's most psychologically complex civilisations: a culture defined by concealment, strategic deception, and a deep suspicion of transparency. For Scarelli, the Romulan becomes a figure for the layers of self that remain permanently hidden — not through malice but through the necessity of interior privacy. At 208 × 178 cm and built in mixed media, the painting is among the most tonally dark in the series, its surfaces built from overlapping layers of colour that absorb rather than reflect light. Shadows Within Shadows is not about darkness as absence but as depth: the painting asking how many versions of oneself can coexist in a single interior space. Completed in 2025.