Floating at dusk

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Ludovic Thiriez, Floating at Dusk (2025)
Mixed media on canvas — 80 × 120 cm

With "Floating at Dusk", Ludovic Thiriez composes a suspended scene, bathed in the light of day’s end, where time seems to slow down. The canvas opens onto an aquatic landscape rendered in warm, contrasting tones: solar yellows, deep ochres, and emerging nocturnal blues. The atmosphere is gentle, almost silent, carried by a feeling of drifting and release.

At the heart of the composition, two female figures move along the water’s edge. One lets herself float on an inflatable ring, her body stretched out and relaxed, while the other stands nearby, turned toward her, as if on the threshold of an exchange or a shared moment. Their natural, unposed attitudes reinforce the impression of an instant captured in passing—both intimate and universal.

The landscape is built through superimpositions: broad planes of color, visible gestures, drips, and graphic lines disrupt a classical reading of space. In the background, architectural forms and near-abstract motifs enter into dialogue with the surrounding nature, creating a subtle tension between reality and imagination. A barn owl in flight crosses the sky, a discreet sign of dusk that heightens the sense of transition between two states, between day and night.

"Floating at Dusk" is a painting of the in-between: between day and night, rest and anticipation, narration and sensation. An immersive work, both contemplative and vibrant, inviting the viewer to project themselves into the scene and to extend its story in their mind.

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