L'araignée (Instants d'Humanité)

The artwork incorporates three distinct meanings.

The poem resembles a rather pleasant nursery rhyme. But the work also contains a second poem that evokes the victory of light over darkness.

The painting itself is rich in meaning.

The crescent moon is associated with the figure of Diana. The stars are cool in color, evoking the nocturnal freshness that shaped the dew that settled on the canvas at dawn.

The roses evoke femininity, and their thorns remind us that Diana, a celestial deity, is inaccessible to men.

While the poem specifies that the fly is captive, the spider is nonetheless observing the reader, thus endangering them.

The violet web, the color of death, is not clearly visible. Its transparency suggests that the dewdrops are easily accessible. But isn't that the very purpose of any web: to be invisible in order to better trap?

To Diana's right, a walnut branch, Diana's tree, underscores the powerful connection between the goddess and the night. The walnut tree's shade is known to be very cool and dark, a gateway to the realm of night and the world of Hecate, another lunar deity. She is the goddess of death, and the spider, a deadly predator for those who fall into her trap, is its symbolic representation.

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Artwork created on linen canvas. Dimensions may vary by a few millimeters.

Pigments applied with mineral or vegetable binders.

Graphite.

Acrylic paint & India ink.

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Each unique artwork has its own identification number in the artist's official catalog.

Catalog No. 004

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The canvases will be available for purchase starting in 2027.