The Long Quiet makeup-kit Each candle is first colored

Each candle is first colored by immersing it in a bath of special matte wax

once chartered by King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

creating a visual marvel that defies expectations

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Designed in Bando’s signature bright and functional style

The Long Quiet makeup-kit Each candle is first coloredAcrylic on Wood Panel. 24 x 24 x 1. 5 in. 2026 The Long Quiet unfolds as a layered landscape that feels both expansive and intimate. Fields of color move across the surface, loosely evoking land, water, and sky, while resisting fixed definition. Each segment carries the trace of a lived moment, distinct on its own, yet interwoven into a cohesive whole. The work invites a slower kind of looking, where rhythm, energy, and accumulation take precedence