Technique: Brilliantis
Size: 29,5 × 210 mm
Date: 2020
Commission art
Little Light – a poem
Little firefly lost in the void,
Flickering left-right, left-right,
Dies at once with a blink of light,
Is she stupid? Is she high?
How many more are in the void?
How many will go there in time?
Of countless people, pure and vile,
Some day each one will find his own.
And will believe and watch the light
Surrounded by empty hope,
Build mental kingdoms in his mind,
Believe to soon become the sun.
But life escapes, the faint glow fades,
The sad man dies alone and lost.
In vain the grief, in vain the dread,
In vain the faith and its remorse.
Most people see these little lights
Far and away into the night.
That’s how it starts, we feel their might;
Hope is the ruin of mankind.
Little Light as a perfect Brilliantis artwork
Little Light is a commissioned artwork for a start-up writer who makes his public appearances under the pseudonym Calcath. This work is a demonstration of my skills by the year 2020. I needed a commission where I could once more showcase my abilities to and present the deepest precision as I imagine it. Especially if it is a Brilliantis. I simply fell in love with the shiny color scheme and am proud of this combination of pen and ink drawing, oil painting, and aquarelle. The work is treated and preserved to resist the ravages of time for centuries. This includes a UV protective glass over the the final product as submitted.
Details of the artwork
Detail of the rotten and dried remains
Detail of the pillar of light ascending from or striking the remains?
Detail of the bones and signature
Detail of the poetized Little Light
The insatiable mouths of darkness
A theme fine-tuned to the last detail
The assignment was based on Calcath’s poem, Little Light, and subsequently on his idea of plains covered with the dead over which the Little Light shines. The setup for elaboration of details and sketches was not overly formal or too decent. The two of us met bohemian-style in a pub over beers, surrounded by blasting metal music and dim lights, somewhat under the drinks’ influence and inspiration, and together came up with the ideas of the caustic darkness filled with open bestial mouths, human remains with a reddish light glowing from beneath, and e.g. the illuminated dark horizon of the landscape.
Little Light in mounting
The artwork is framed and protected with a UV glass
editing: Arianne Perrier
web design: Brbla