Habeas Cursive (2026) Original Mixed-media Painting by Victor Selin

Habeas Cursive is a 22 by 28 inch gold leaf artwork on paper, built entirely from Auruscript.

A single figure appears from dense gold script on black ground. The face, hand, hat, and clothing are written into form, with contour and body built from repeated marks. The title bends the legal phrase habeas corpus into Habeas Cursive: body, presence, and script held in one image.

The gold is not decoration. It is the construction.

This work belongs to my signature Auruscript collection, a series of gold leaf portraits made from invented writing rather than conventional drawing.

A one of a kind original. 22 by 28 inches. Gold leaf on paper.

Materials used:

Gold leaf, premium black paper

Details:

• Mixed-media painting on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 58.42 x 73.66 x 5.08cm (framed)
• Framed and ready to hang
• Signed on the front
• Style: Typographic
• Subject: People and portraits