Outre songe 1978

This dreamlike vision in oil paint is by Léonor Fini, but we don't know exactly when it was made. I’m imagining Fini at her easel, conjuring a world of shadows and whispers with fluid brushstrokes in shades of gray and olive green. What was she thinking when she made this? It’s hard to say, but her choice of muted colors creates a sense of unease, a quiet drama unfolding beneath the surface. There’s the tension between light and shadow, between what’s hidden and what’s revealed. Those translucent shadows draped in fabric... I can feel the artist experimenting with tone to create a dream space within the work, maybe playing with the boundary between our conscious life and our subconscious minds. Fini's paintings remind us that art is a conversation, a constant dialogue between artists across time. We’re all in the studio together, grappling with the same questions. What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be alive? And how can painting help us make sense of it all?