EDITION INFORMATION

This portrait is available as part of a strictly limited, artist-signed edition across three print sizes. Each print is individually numbered and produced to archival standards.

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Medium: 18 x 21 inches : 2/25

Large: 28 x 33 inches: 2/10

Extra Large: 40 x 48 inches : 1/3

Once all editions are sold, no further prints will be made.

ABOUT THE WORK

Portrait of Alexis disassembles the mythology of the fighter by rendering its subject not as icon, but as enigma. Standing dispassionately, with gloved hands at rest and gaze turned slightly outward, the figure holds himself not in readiness, but in recess. The visual codes of pugilism are all present — the Muay Thai trunks, the wrapped fists, the bruised reds — yet the energy is stilled, distilled, and withheld. The composition draws from the tradition of martial portraiture while denying its typical postures of dominance. Alexis does not face us squarely. He offers no aggression. What is visible instead is the emotional undertow of discipline: fatigue, reflection, perhaps defiance, perhaps doubt.

In formal terms, the image finds equilibrium through tension. The upright stance is offset by a subtle asymmetry in the shoulders; the central axis of the body is interrupted by the slight and anticipated flare of the gloves, like twin punctuation marks. This calculated visual rhythm echoes early 20th-century photographic portraiture, in which athletic figures were posed less for narrative than for the study of structure and character. But here, the emotional reading remains central. Alexis is both subject and cipher: not a champion on display, but a young man momentarily unguarded, suspended in the space between public identity and private reckoning.

ARTWORK FORMAT AND MATERIALS

Each fine art print is produced on Hahnemühle Baryta Rag — a museum-grade, 100% cotton archival paper renowned for its luxurious surface and luminous detail. Prints are surrounded by a 1.5 inch white border and are hand-signed and editioned by the artist. Works are shipped unframed to ensure preservation and collector flexibility.

PRICING AND SELECTION

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COLLECTOR NOTES

• ✅ Signed and numbered by Troy Schooneman

• ✅ Archival, museum-grade print quality

• ✅ Strictly limited edition — no reprints once sold out

• ✅ Certificate of Authenticity available upon request

• ✅ Ships professionally packaged and unframed

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