"A walk under the moon", 2023

The moment street lamps turn on in the city, it's when I feel the presence of the genius loci. I experienced this especially in Venice, where, as the sun sets, as if on cue, the streets become deserted. In the thickening darkness of the streets, each light is both an announcement of mystery and a promise of protection. It accompanies the closing shutters, leads the last tourists home, but at the same time it creates new shapes, seemingly well-known, yet capable of surprising. All these impressions overwhelmed me at that one specific evening and that's when I decided to paint a this series of night views.
In this particular scene, I was fascinated by the colors, the atmosphere of almost tangible silence, the silhouettes of passers-by disappearing in the darkness, but also by this fiery umbrella which, on the background of the graying buildings, seemed almost ready to go for a walk too.