Stones · Acrylic on canvas

Piedras

A meditation on the minerals, crystals and sacred stones Heraud collects while travelling through Peru. Each canvas isolates a single stone on a bold, hard-edged ground — part portrait, part talisman.

Painting of a grey quartz crystal point inside a white oval on a pale yellow ground flanked by dark brown angular forms. — Piedra I Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a trapezoidal stone split into maroon and teal on an orange square within a black border. — Piedra II Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a dark angular stone ringed by a cream halo and concentric blue-grey bands, like an agate cross-section. — Piedra III Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a rounded egg-shaped stone with orange, green, and dark markings on a deep blue square within a turquoise border. — Piedra IV Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a striped teal rhombus at the centre of an X formed by yellow, orange, and green bands crossed by red and purple diagonals. — Piedra V Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a cluster of pink and white crystal shards inside a black circle over a blue base, on a bright yellow ground. — Turmalina Rosa Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a teal oval stone marked with green, blue, and brown forms on a magenta pentagon with black corners. — Crisocola Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a blocky beige-and-gold stone with stepped edges on a deep ultramarine square over teal and tan fields. — Pirita Acrylic on canvas

Painting of concentric white, silver, and magenta rings on a yellow square within a dark border. — Perla Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a dark scalloped disc studded with orange mineral chunks on a turquoise ground with yellow chevrons. — Piedra X Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a navy rectangle crossed by a pale grey diagonal, framed by orange and purple borders on a yellow ground. — Piedra XI Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a pale crystal within a purple oval ringed by blue and silver bands on a magenta ground. — Piedra XII Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a black triangular stone at the centre of nested red and pink diamonds on a lime green ground. — Piedra XIII Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a pale pink crystal on a teal ground with radiating yellow and pink rays. — Piedra XIV Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a pale blue stone on an interlocking pink and sage-green geometric pattern. — Piedra XV Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a deep blue cylindrical stone flecked with pale blue and gold, resembling lapis lazuli, on a gold X and teal ground. — Piedra XVI Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a maroon rounded stone on a flat green ground. — Piedra XVII Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a grey-and-white marbled egg within a black triangle over a six-pointed star on purple and gold. — Piedra XVIII Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a black stone silhouette within a pink oval on a turquoise ground with a green border. — Piedra XIX Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a textured blue disc, like a mineral cross-section, within a white ring on a gold-yellow ground. — Piedra XX Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a blue diamond containing a cream vertical bar on a pale lilac ground crossed by yellow lines. — Piedra XXI Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a dark upright stone within a black rectangle at the centre of a red-and-orange striped circle on a near-black ground. — Piedra XXII Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a teal oval within a black octagon framed by blue bands on a green and red ground. — Piedra XXIII Acrylic on canvas

Painting of a banded orange-and-brown tiger's-eye dome within a pale blue disc ringed by dark teal, on a teal ground. — Ojo de Tigre Acrylic on canvas