Oil on canvas
150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 in.)
Executed in 1989
Signed and dated on the lower right plus the painting is signed, titled and dated on the reverse

 Provenance: Acquired from the artist family

 Exhibited:

Exhibited at Villa Audi in 2011, Beirut - Lebanon ,"Hommage a Willy Aractingi, du fabuliste au peintre: un malin naïf". The painting is printed in page 16 of the exhibition catalog. ( Download catalog )
 

The viewer is immediately drawn to the rich colors Aractingi used and the complexity of that color.

The works of Willy Aractingi are not that innocent as they portray naive and vulnerable looking cartoon figures, upon further investigation one find a clandestine layer of evil and rebellion underneath the innocent first impressions. Aractingi’s art carries strong references to morality taking for reference mostly the "Fables De La Fontaine" that he illustrated in 246 oil on canvas paintings in term of 6 years.

Aractingi pictures are widely admired for their subtle texture light and color, but the confident draftsmanship and the rich, velvety shadows of his drawing show that the artist had an equally compelling mastery of form, line and tone.