Lot 71668

Arturo Lemus Beltrán

Nature

Medium

Aceite sobre lienzo

Dimensions

50 x 50 cm

Framing

Unframed · Custom framing on request

Description

Arturo Lemus Beltrán

Painting
Oil on canvas
Contemporary Realism
50 x 50 cm

The Sovereignty of the Penumbra and Wild Gold

In the magnetic work NATURA, the canvas is transformed into a threshold to the unfathomable. Through a dramatic and enveloping chiaroscuro, the painting reveals a presence that does not fear the darkness, but rather rules from within it, emerging as the very incarnation of a primordial and conscious force.
The female figure, captured in a dynamic tension as she turns her face over her shoulder, confronts us with a gaze of indomitable intensity and absolute mystery.

Her face, marked by a sharp horizontal stripe of golden pigment, invests her with a sacred or warrior authority. This ritual painting is not a mere adornment; it is a seal of belonging that links her directly to the mineral wealth of the earth and the secrets of the night.

Enveloping her head and falling over her shoulders, a majestic and enigmatic botanical mantle unfolds. What at first glance appears to be thick, dark foliage reveals itself upon contact with the scarce light as an intricate armor of leaves and organic elements bathed in flashes of old gold and bronze. This transmuted flora functions as an alchemical camouflage, where the biological acquires the hardness and eternity of metal, intertwining with the skin in a perfect symbiosis.

In its essence, the work is a tribute to the wildest, most hidden, and most reverent facet of the ecosystem. It reminds us that nature is not a passive stage, but a living, majestic, and inscrutable entity that watches us from the penumbra, demanding ancestral respect