A dream’s delirium
Original title in French: La frénésie d’un rêve.
Year: 2025.
Material: Acrylic on canvas.
Size: 40 x 30 cm I 15.74 x 11.81 inches.
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The art piece story:
In the delicate chaos of nocturnal consciousness, this piece captures that fractured moment when thoughts spiral within dreams themselves. A figure sits caught in the turbulence of their own mind — not just between sleep and waking, but in that peculiar dream-state where consciousness stirs and thoughts begin to whirl.
Above, a golden ringmaster of the unconscious commands its ethereal stage, while next to it, a spectral white hand reaches in - both timekeeper and tormentor, drawing its chained companion through the dreamscape. Is it pulling us toward dawn, or deeper into our racing thoughts? This ambiguity mirrors our own uncertain state when dreams begin to tangle with racing minds.
Golden orbs float like fragments of scattered thoughts in a crimson timescape that spirals with the fever of an overactive imagination.
As two legs inch toward the fifth hour, we witness that exquisite tension — not just between sleep and waking, but between surrender and resistance, between the wild freedom of dreams and the persistent tug of conscious thought. Each element speaks to that universal experience of being caught in dream's undertow while our minds refuse to rest quietly.
This new addition to the Emotional Realms collection explores the beautiful chaos of a mind that won't be still, even in sleep. Through each brushstroke, the artist captures that electric moment when dreams become a stage for our thoughts to perform their own delirious dance.





