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Memento Mori Series

 © J.P. Bell

The “Memento Mori Series” invites viewers to reflect on the profound essence of spiritual death and rebirth, emphasising that life’s impermanence urges us to live fully. Each piece captures the duality of existence, where death is not an end, but a passage to a renewed self. This series serves as a visual reminder to cherish every fleeting moment while embracing the cyclical nature of life and death.

JP Bell Abstract Artist Bold vibrant colourful Abstract Art Painting New Zealand Skull Memento Mori Death Walt Whitman

"Walt Whitman"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media

50cm x40cm

SOLD

In Private Collection, Timaru (New Zealand)

 

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"Eternal Contrast"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media on Framed Canvas (white)

54.5cm x 44cm x 4.5cm

SOLD

1,000 NZD

In Private Collection, Timaru (New Zealand)

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"Afterlife"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media

60cm x 50cm

SOLD

In Private Collection, Timaru (New Zealand)

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"Strength in Family"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media on framed canvas (white)

60cm x 60cm

SOLD

In Private Collection, Timaru (New Zealand)

 

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"In Search of Meaning"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media

60cm x 40cm

 

SOLD

In Private Collection, Timaru (New Zealand)

 

JP Bell Abstract Artist Bold vibrant colourful Abstract Art Painting New Zealand Skull Memento Mori Death
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"Rebirth"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media on Framed Canvas (white)

64cm x 64cm x 4cm

1,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

"Cosmic Bones"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media on framed Canvas (white)

30cm x 30cm

SOLD

600 NZD

​In Private Collection, Timaru (New Zealand)

 

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"Passage"

JP Bell, 2024

Mixed Media

50cm x 40cm

SOLD

In Private Collection, St Andrews (New Zealand)

 

JP Bell Abstract Artist Bold vibrant colourful Abstract Art Painting New Zealand Skull Memento Mori Death
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NEW WORK

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"The King of Hurt"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, graphite, oil sticks, acrylic ink and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (black)

103.5cm x 78.5cm x 4cm

3,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

"The Ouroboros"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, graphite, oil sticks, acrylic ink and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (black)

103.5cm x 78.5cm x 4cm

3,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

"Transformation of the Soul"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, graphite, oil sticks, acrylic ink and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (black)

103.5cm x 78.5cm x 4cm

3,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

"The Still Hour"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, graphite, oil sticks, acrylic ink and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (black)

103.5cm x 78.5cm x 4cm

3,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

"Throne of Impermanence"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, graphite, oil sticks, acrylic ink and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (black)

103.5cm x 78.5cm x 4cm

3,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

"The Vanity of Power"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, graphite, oil sticks, acrylic ink and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (black)

103.5cm x 78.5cm x 4cm

3,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

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"The Breath of Colour"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, graphite, oil sticks, acrylic ink and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (white)

95.6 x 65 x 4.5 cm

2,500 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

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"Madonna and Child"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, Oamaru whitestone, oil sticks and plaster of Paris on framed canvas (white)

104 x 104 x 4.5 cm

4,000 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

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"Power Shrinks in Death"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, oil sticks and acrylic ink on resin-coated framed canvas (white)

49 x 49 x 3.5 cm

900 NZD (Free shipping across NZ.

International shipping extra.)

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"King of Hearts"

JP Bell, 2025

Acrylic, oil sticks and graphite on

framed canvas (wood)

54.5 x 44 x 5 cm

SOLD

1,250 NZD

In private collection, Timaru (New Zealand)

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Copyright © 2026  by Susan Be. &  J.P. Bell

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