Behind the work: "Late Harvest"

One session, outdoors, finished before the light went. Nothing was touched afterwards in the studio. Completed in 2025, it's oil on canvas, impasto at 1030 × 500 mm, and it comes from Joris Maes's studio in Antwerp — original — full rights transfer.

How it was made

Numbering a hand-pulled edition sequentially as it sells, rather than all at once before release, is a small but meaningful choice — it means the number on a print reflects the actual order collectors bought it, not an arbitrary assignment.

Outside critique, even informal, changes what an artist notices in their own work — a second pair of eyes tends to catch the passage an artist has looked at so many times they've stopped actually seeing it.

What it's worth knowing before you buy

Mixed-media work resists the clean medium categories collectors are used to, which can make it harder to price and describe — but it's also often where an artist's most experimental, least market-tested ideas actually happen.

Oil on linen ages differently than oil on canvas — linen's tighter, more even weave resists the sagging and texture-through that canvas can develop over decades, which is part of why it remains the preferred support for work intended to last generations.

Like the rest of Joris Maes's work, "Late Harvest" ships with a signed certificate of authenticity and a condition report photographed the day it's packed — the same protection that applies to every physical sale on Bello, regardless of price.