Inspired by Edouard Manet (1832-1883) – The Plum (around 1877) – Oil on canvas – 15,75 x 11,81 inch

Like every day of the week, at 19:00 sharp, Mado walks in my cafe almost like a queen. Tonight she’s dressed in her pale pink dress, slightly worn, and her hard blue hat. I love her in this outfit. She’s my favorite regular. By the way, I’m Gaston! A couple of years ago, I bought this half-shabby bar for peanuts to a half-drunk guy near Montmartre. And since then, I have always tried to make it a good place, a place where you like meeting friends, a place where no one is afraid to drown its loneliness.

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Inspired by an indo-persane miniature (Prince holding a cup and a bottle – 1640) – Gouache / Watercolor – 12,60 x 9,45 inch

Death holds in its hands a huge cup.
In this full cup there is destiny.

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Inspired by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) – Danaé (1907/1908) – Oil on cardboard – 11,81 x 11,81 inch – SOLD

One morning, Acrisios, king of Argos, feeling desperate because he had no son, goes to Delphi to question the Gods if, by any chance, he could be the father of a male. Unfortunately, the priestess tells him that not only would his wishes not be fulfilled but his only daughter, Danae, would give birth to a son who would later kill him. And the only way to escape from that spell was to kill his own daughter himself.

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