“The Persistence of Petals” is an Orangehare In-House Production rooted in surrealism. Composed of 48 one-of-one works, this collection builds upon Chae’s extensive medieval series, blending in-house production, painterly techniques, and Stable Diffusion to craft layered compositions that defy tidy interpretation. Here, flowers don’t just decorate, they infiltrate. Each portrait arrives fully-formed yet off-kilter: a headful of petals, a face split by shadow, a world with its own sense of gravity. The result is less about symbolism and more about sensation, offering not answers, but atmospheres. Built in the spirit of de Chirico, Dalí, and Magritte, these are portraits in bloom, even if the soil remains strange.

“The Persistence of Petals” is an Orangehare In-House Production rooted in surrealism. Composed of 48 one-of-one works, this collection builds upon Chae’s extensive medieval series, blending in-house production, painterly techniques, and Stable Diffusion to craft layered compositions that defy tidy interpretation. Here, flowers don’t just decorate, they infiltrate. Each portrait arrives fully-formed yet off-kilter: a headful of petals, a face split by shadow, a world with its own sense of gravity. The result is less about symbolism and more about sensation, offering not answers, but atmospheres. Built in the spirit of de Chirico, Dalí, and Magritte, these are portraits in bloom, even if the soil remains strange.

“The Persistence of Petals” is an Orangehare In-House Production rooted in surrealism. Composed of 48 one-of-one works, this collection builds upon Chae’s extensive medieval series, blending in-house production, painterly techniques, and Stable Diffusion to craft layered compositions that defy tidy interpretation. Here, flowers don’t just decorate, they infiltrate. Each portrait arrives fully-formed yet off-kilter: a headful of petals, a face split by shadow, a world with its own sense of gravity. The result is less about symbolism and more about sensation, offering not answers, but atmospheres. Built in the spirit of de Chirico, Dalí, and Magritte, these are portraits in bloom, even if the soil remains strange.