Gild & Co. presents Florence Still Life — a limited-edition pigment print by acclaimed artist Jefferson Hayman. This expressive work blends classic still life tradition with subtle modern sensibilities, inviting viewers into an intimate study of form, tone, and nostalgia. Each print is meticulously handcrafted using archival pigment printing techniques, capturing delicate gradations and a refined interplay of light and shadow that recalls early pictorial photography.
Housed in a custom black frame with silver highlights and crisp white matting, Florence Still Life is more than a framed print — it’s a curated art object with presence and personality. The thoughtful combination of contemporary composition and antique-inspired presentation makes it an ideal focal point for living rooms, studies, galleries, or curated walls in modern interiors.
Jefferson Hayman’s work explores themes of memory, quiet reflection, and the poetry of everyday subjects, transforming familiar objects into visual meditations. Each framed piece is part of a limited edition, ensuring that your Florence Still Life remains a distinctive accent with character and artistic value.
Whether you’re a seasoned collector or adding your first statement artwork, this print brings subtle depth, timeless charm, and a nuanced aesthetic to your space
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jefferson Hayman is an artist whose work explores the themes of nostalgia, common symbols, and memory. Through a quiet minimalism, he invites the viewer to partake in the narrative process in a way that is both intimate and deeply personal.
Drawing from his education in the fine arts and his training in the art of frame-making, Hayman approaches his work with a deep understanding of traditional craftsmanship and a sense of artistic heritage whilst remaining tied to the present through the timelessness of aesthetic simplicity. Through an understated language of visual symbols and meditative studies, Hayman’s work manifests as a visual journal chronicling transformation, discovery, and solitude, boldly stripped of the extraneous. Each photograph is handcrafted as a silver gelatin, platinum or pigment print, capturing a delicacy in tonality reminiscent of early Pictorial photography as well as the subsequent modernism movement’s refined interplay of light and shadow. Finished prints are paired with antique or artist-made frames, meticulously custom-made by the artist, whose attention to the unique attributes of each photograph imbues every piece with a completely unique story and sense of personality.
Hayman’s work is found in numerous private and public collections, notably the Museum of Modern Art Library, The Boston Athenaeum, The New York Public Library, the collection of Sir Elton John, and the collection of Robert DeNiro, amongst many others.
In 2015 he was awarded the prestigious Pollock Krasner grant.
He lives and works in Tappan, New York, a small historic village minutes from the heart of Manhattan.
