Acrylic on canvas – 9,5 x 12 inch – Unique work

Etymologically, the word “apocalypse” is a transcription of the Greek term ἀποκάλυψις / apokálupsis, meaning “unveiling” or, in religious terms, “revelation.” But over the centuries, it has moved far from its original meaning, now connoting a massive and violent catastrophe.

I readily imagine the apocalypse as a living being that suddenly appears, born from the nourishing earth and fights to make its way between the water, the sky, the nature. So many reassuring and frightening elements. But it shouldn’t be. Everyone has its own place. This being full of life, inhabited by fire as its color indicates, will not let itself be walked all over. To hell with the power of its elders, it will not give in and will find its way.

Meanwhile, he stands on tiptoe, pushing to the right, pushing to the left, using his herculeanly strong arms. He doesn’t want to crush anyone. He just wants to exist, to be among the entire universe and all that it implies. The world of the visible and the invisible can quite simply coexist, perhaps in friendship, or not. There’s no need to go that far.

It exudes such an aura, such energy, that something is bound to happen. But what? It’s up to each of us to imagine it, to slip into the colors and shapes. Why not turn the painting around and see something new, unusual, special, weird. Be bold, let’s dare to go down this path. I did it, and…

I saw this: a knight in armor with his fist clenched, almost threatening. He stares at a woman whose face is half hidden by a large hood. She closes her eyes, she seems serene. Perhaps she wants to appease the obvious wrath of the knight facing her. And between these two figures, the face of a little girl, a mixture of colors between the two other figures. She brings balance, peace, renewal, hope, life, softness.

The fire, the anger of the Apocalypse, will inevitably subside at the sight of this revelation. This child is not here by chance. We all have a mission, and so do they! We just have to let ourselves be guided, let it happen, so that harmony suddenly emerges.

The Apocalypse knows this, understood it!