Description
Size: 2 x 1.5 m (without frame) 1.8 x 1.3 m (with frame)
Mixed Media (Oil, Acrylic, and Spray on canvas)
The Rider’s Dream explores the relationship between innocence and chaos through the image of a child riding a wild bull. This scene serves as a metaphor for the way we sometimes go through life’s most complex moments without fully grasping their weight. The bull symbolizes the unpredictable, often violent forces we encounter, while the child —a symbol of imagination, lightness, and unconscious courage— engages with the experience fearlessly, not from knowledge but from purity.
I’m interested in how a child’s perspective can act as an emotional shield in the face of difficult realities. Through a warm color palette, expressive gestures, and sharp contrasts, the work invites reflection on resilience, perception, and the role of fantasy as a tool for emotional survival.
This piece is part of a series where I explore the intersection of symbolic language and emotional experience in scenes that, while imagined, speak to universal aspects of the human condition.
