Iris And The Stilts Walker

In this painting, elongated lines rise, wavering, like legs stretched toward an unreachable sky. Colors cross in sharp movements—radiant turquoise, fiery crimson, gleaming gold—shaping a fragile figure advancing on its imaginary stilts. The pink background, gentle and paradoxical, lends the ascent a dreamlike, almost childlike quality. Here, Iris, messenger of the gods, seems to extend a distant rainbow, a promise of a radiant beyond. The stilt walker, despite precarious balance, strives to reach it, driven by the hope of touching light. Yet each trembling step reminds us that rising beyond one’s limits carries the risk of falling. The canvas thus becomes a parable of human daring: the desire to touch the divine, even if it means brushing against illusion. Should one simply admire the rainbow, or dare to walk toward it—at the risk of losing oneself along the way?