Born and raised in the Philippines, New Jersey-based artist Gregory Halili is deeply influenced by the vegetation and wildlife he experienced as a child. His latest series of work involves a fusion of the human form with the natural world in these amazing bas-relief shell skulls. Halili carves and then paints with oil on raw, gold-lip and black-lip mother of pearl found in shells collected from the Philippines. The pieces will soon be exhibited atSilverlens Galleries in Manila and Nancy Hoffman Gallery in NYC, but for now you can see much more in thisFacebook gallery. (via Junk Culture, Skullspiration)