Samuel Farrand OfficialSamuel Farrand OfficialSamuel Farrand OfficialThe Void is a body of work that begins in darkness, not as absence, but as origin. Across cultures and creation myths, existence emerges from an unformed, pre-symbolic state. This series engages that threshold, treating the void not as emptiness, but as the condition that makes creation possible.
Each composition arises from a black field, with color erupting as the initiating force. The canvas itself functions as a symbolic void, while form, pattern, and chromatic intensity represent the moment of becoming. Creation is framed as an act of union, where opposing forces resolve into coherence rather than conflict.
Central to the work is the activation of negative space. Balance, harmony, and visual weight are not decorative concerns, but structural ones. Space is allowed to breathe, to exert pressure, and to define form through relationship rather than excess. What is not present carries as much significance as what is revealed.
First explored in 2009 and fully realized by 2011, The Void has continued to evolve into its largest and most enduring body of work, now comprising over 450 completed compositions. While each piece stands independently, the series operates as a cumulative exploration of emergence, pattern, and symbolic resonance.
The works contain layered visual narratives, recurring archetypes, and carefully considered color systems, constructed at extremely high resolution. Presented as large-scale projections, including installations exceeding 65 feet, the series has been exhibited at major music festivals and events worldwide, where scale becomes an extension of immersion rather than spectacle.
The Void is not an escape from darkness, but a study of how meaning, structure, and light arise from it.
Behind Closed Eyes is an experiential body of work rooted in the subtle visual phenomena that arise during heightened spiritual mind states. These moments, often fleeting and internal, manifest as fluttering flashes of color, shifting geometries, and intricate patterns perceived behind closed eyelids within the mind’s eye. The series captures these interior visions, translating them into structured visual form.
Repetition plays a central role, executed with restraint and cohesion rather than excess. Motifs recur and evolve, echoing fractal mathematics and the asymmetrical patterning found throughout nature. The work does not attempt to overwhelm, but to sustain attention, allowing visual rhythms to unfold gradually and invite prolonged contemplation.
Where The Void directs awareness outward into expansive visual worlds, Behind Closed Eyes reverses that trajectory. Attention is drawn inward, toward subtle internal landscapes shaped by perception, memory, and consciousness itself. The viewer is not presented with spectacle, but with a mirror for introspection.
These works ask for stillness. They encourage a turning inward, a quiet examination of the spaces where sensation, thought, and awareness intersect. Rather than narrating experience, the series creates conditions for it to arise.
Behind Closed Eyes serves as the primary body of work featured across the apparel collection, extending these internal states into wearable form. View the apparel collection
Occultum Lapidem is a body of work initiated in 2025 that engages esoteric thought through symbolic architecture rather than narrative explanation. Rooted in Hermeticism, spiritual alchemy, magick, Tarot, and Kabbalah, the work operates through symbols as its primary language. Symbols function differently than conventional speech. They compress meaning, resonate across contexts, and allow complex structures to be apprehended as unified forms rather than sequential ideas.
Within this body of work, symbolic systems are constructed as diagrams and cosmograms. These are not illustrative metaphors, but functional structures designed to communicate depth through clarity. Each symbol is treated as a living form, capable of holding multiple layers of meaning simultaneously. Insight is not delivered directly. It emerges through contemplation, relationship, and pattern recognition.
The title Occultum Lapidem is drawn from the final words of the Hermetic axiom V.I.T.R.I.O.L., Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem, commonly translated as “Visit the interior of the earth, and through rectification you will find the hidden stone.” Here, the hidden stone is understood not as material gold, but as inner transformation. The work frames the Great Work as a process of refinement, integration, and the restructuring of consciousness itself.
Occultum Lapidem examines symbolic systems and syncretic frameworks as tools for orientation rather than belief. The visual architectures developed within the series are intended to clarify hidden relationships, encode metaphysical principles, and support sustained engagement with esoteric knowledge. Meaning is not asserted. It is revealed through use.
As an extension of this body of work, these symbolic systems have been compressed into a functional Tarot structure. The Aeon of Da’ath translates the visual language of Occultum Lapidem into an applied system of symbolic inquiry. Classical esoteric symbols are employed not as ornament, but as operative tools for divination, reflection, and insight.
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