Mother of Pearl, shell skull carvings by Gregory Halili

Mother of Pearl, shell skull carvings by Gregory Halili










Born and raised in the Philippines, New Jersey-based artist Gregory Halili is deeply influenced by the vegetation and wildlife he experienced as a child. His latest series of work involves a fusion of the human form with the natural world in these amazing bas-relief shell skulls. Halili carves and then paints with oil on raw, gold-lip and black-lip mother of pearl found in shells collected from the Philippines.

Gregory Halili: gallery
Via: thisiscolossal.com