Room 00 / Exhibition

Gold of the Nile.

Six AI-derived portraits of Cleopatra and Egyptian deities, created by Mark Nicoll with OpenAI image generation. Inspired by Gustav Klimt, they combine gold ornament and jewel colours with a palette-knife impasto effect.

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Cleopatra with dark hair, a gold cobra diadem and a blue-and-gold collar against a gold spiral-and-mosaic background, all rendered with raised paint-like ridges.

01 / AI-derived artwork

Cleopatra — palette-knife study

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with: OpenAI image generation
Inspired by: Gustav Klimt
Technique: Palette-knife impasto effect with gold ornament

Cleopatra turns toward the viewer amid dense gold spirals and mosaic-like blocks. Lapis and turquoise punctuate the gilded surface, while thick angular marks shape her face, dark hair and broad collar.

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02 / AI-derived artwork

Cleopatra — Lapis profile

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with: OpenAI image generation
Inspired by: Gustav Klimt
Technique: Palette-knife impasto effect with gold ornament

Cleopatra lifts her chin in profile against a deep lapis field. An ivory garment, blue-and-gold collar and a curling gold cobra interrupt the surrounding spirals and geometric ornament.

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Anubis in three-quarter view, with two fully visible pointed jackal ears, a dark muzzle and a blue-and-gold broad collar against raised gold ornament.

03 / AI-derived artwork

Anubis — The gold guardian

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with: OpenAI image generation
Inspired by: Gustav Klimt
Technique: Palette-knife impasto effect with gold ornament

A black jackal-headed Anubis turns across a field of gold spirals. Tall ears and a long muzzle form a dark silhouette above an intricate lapis, turquoise and gold collar.

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Cleopatra with lowered eyes, black hair and a cobra-and-lotus diadem, wearing a coral, turquoise and gold collar amid thick gold spiral patterns.

04 / AI-derived artwork

Cleopatra — Coral reverie

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with: OpenAI image generation
Inspired by: Gustav Klimt
Technique: Palette-knife impasto effect with gold ornament

Cleopatra lowers her gaze beneath a cobra-and-lotus diadem. Coral accents, turquoise jewellery and heavy gold marks carry the pattern from the background into her collar and garment.

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Isis with dark hair and a gold horn-and-sun-disc crown above a turquoise and lapis collar, wearing an ivory-and-gold garment with palette-knife texture.

05 / AI-derived artwork

Isis — Solar crown

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with: OpenAI image generation
Inspired by: Gustav Klimt
Technique: Palette-knife impasto effect with gold ornament

Isis faces the viewer beneath a gold sun disc held by curving horns. A feathered headpiece, jewel-toned collar and ivory garment sit within a dense field of gold spirals.

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Green-faced Osiris wearing a tall ivory crown flanked by blue-green feathers, with a dark false beard and crossed hands holding a crook and flail against gold spirals.

06 / AI-derived artwork

Osiris — Emerald sovereign

Mark Nicoll, 2026

Created with: OpenAI image generation
Inspired by: Gustav Klimt
Technique: Palette-knife impasto effect with gold ornament

Osiris holds a crook and flail across an ivory robe. His green face and dark ceremonial beard contrast with a tall ivory crown, blue-green feathers and the surrounding gold ornament.

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