Tell Tale Heart

Love and madness intertwine in this haunting visual dialogue, where emotion, memory, and obsession blur into surreal dimension. “Tell Tale Heart,” inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s chilling poem, transforms the weight of psychological turmoil into an intricate tapestry of symbols.

A female figure exists between consciousness and dream, her face divided—half serene, half unraveling. Her lips are sewn shut, silencing unspoken truths. At the center of her chest, a hollow teardrop-shaped wound, adorned like a jewel, reveals the space where her heart once was. It is a wound of absence, of something stolen or lost, leaving only ornamentation where emotion should be.

Across from her, a skeletal male figure looms, watching, waiting. Time surrounds him—numbers drift in space, a clock dissolves, reality fractures into shifting tiles. He is trapped in fixation, unable to look away. A lighthouse, often a beacon of safety, now flickers with a sense of dread. It does not guide; it surveils.

This is a world of dualities—love and destruction, passion and imprisonment, self-preservation and surrender. The eye of obsession is always open, always watching.

This museum-quality Acrylic Flushmount, crafted with Epson Semi-Matte photo paper inside, enhances the depth of shadow and light, capturing the intricacies of every layered symbol. Designed for statement display, it arrives with hanging materials included.