To commemorate Julie van der Wekken giving this photograph to the Verses team to exclusively mint as NFTs, we are minting 100 with her signature. Each of these is a reminder of the connection between collector, art, and artist. These 100 editions are the only Signature Editions of Hierlooms that will ever be made.

 

Ownership Benefits:

 

As the holder of this NFT, you will receive free airdrops of future cards based on the Foundation Edition this piece originates from.

 

You can play with this as a signed full art card in Verses games.

 

Artist Statement:

 

This image was originally created in May 2010 as a moment I captured with my very first digital camera, a Canon Powershot SD1800 7.1 Megapixel Camera, while spending time with my son in our garden. Subsequently, the image was published in the May 2016 issue of The Sun Magazine and was also chosen for a group exhibit in March of 2017 titled 'Honoring Female Utah Artist's' at the Adobe Building in Lehi, Utah where it was printed large format at 24" x 30".

 

Shadows & reflections are two aesthetics that draw me in when photographing. I think of reflections as the yang (bright) of light and shadows as the yin (dark). The former lets light shine through and the latter blocks it. The lines are blurred sometimes when a reflection is also a shadow and vice versa. As it is with life, most things aren't as they seem, and if they are, they can quickly change. The truth always changes, things are fluid, just like the light when taking photographs.