Architectural detail painting of a low-relief ornamental motif featuring interlaced ribbon-like forms and stylized classical palmettes, rendered in white and cobalt blue with gilded accents. The knotted design evokes guilloche or Celtic knotwork, set against a painterly rose-toned ground with deep green edges.

Forma Coloris, Lux Mentis, Study No. 14

form of color, light of the mind.

Architectural Abstract Painting by Teale Hatheway

Architectural painting in acrylic, 23K gold on paper.
8″ x 6″. 2025.

…the way architecture holds the soulful residues of human presence across time. These architectural paintings distill classical forms into vibrant fragments, where color becomes emotion, and light becomes the vessel of memory. 


Architectural detail painting of a low-relief ornamental motif featuring interlaced ribbon-like forms and stylized classical palmettes, rendered in white and cobalt blue with gilded accents. The knotted design evokes guilloche or Celtic knotwork, set against a painterly rose-toned ground with deep green edges.

Framed architectural painting, Forma Coloris Lux Mentis — Study No. 14 by Teale Hatheway, displayed on a white mantel in a gold frame with a double mat. The artwork shows a braided blue ornamental line with petaled flourishes and gilded highlights over warm terracotta and olive tones, paired with a textured stone sphere.
Angled view of Teale Hatheway’s Forma Coloris Lux Mentis — Study No. 14 framed in gold with a double mat, resting on a white mantel. The artwork features a blue-and-white braided ornamental motif with gilded accents against warm terracotta, peach, and green abstract layers, with a sculptural stone sphere in the foreground.