DREAMSCAPE

This lithograph captures a profound philosophical meditation on existence: the whale, an ancient symbol of depth, mystery, and endurance, glides impossibly through a broken arch — a threshold of collapse and renewal. The figure stands at the boundary of the known and the unknowable, small yet undeterred. The “mandatory tunnel of troubles” suggests that suffering is not an aberration but an essential process; it sculpts the soul, forging meaning where there was once only uncertainty. Here, life is not found by avoiding tribulation but by moving deliberately through it, transforming burden into marvel, ruin into revelation.

Lithograph, L-2, 39 × 41 cm, 2021
Paper: Woodstock
Paper size: 45–49 cm
Materials: Stone, ink (Charbonnel), pencil