The Keeper of Ashes

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Black Male NUde Black LIves Matter Fine Art Male Naked Men Troy Schooneman Male Paintings Sculptures Male Nudity in Art.jpg

The Keeper of Ashes

from A$1,750.00

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 22 inches : 2/25

Large: 28 x 35 inches : 1/10

Extra Large: 40 x 50 inches: 1/3

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

ABOUT THE WORK

The Keeper of Ashes is a portrait suffused with symbolic gravity. Cloaked in a crimson robe and lit with near-liturgical intensity, the figure appears at once priest, warrior, and witness. His gaze meets the viewer without hesitation — composed, unblinking, and utterly still — as though summoned not to reveal, but to endure.

There’s a ritualistic quiet to the composition: the burnished skin, the restrained posture, the darkened background that isolates and elevates. In Schooneman’s world, nudity is never a spectacle; it is a language of vulnerability and authority. Here, it becomes an elegy for strength forged through sorrow — a testament to bearing witness, carrying memory, and standing at the threshold between tenderness and resolve.

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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In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.

― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents