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"There is a troupe of little actors in costumes, seen on the road through the edge of the woods."

Arthur Rimbaud, “Childhood”, Illuminations, 1873 / 1875.

I placed children in costumes under a sun, golden fir leaves and trees in white wire, small mirrors and of course an Epiphany crown to suggest the experience of play in childhood, and more broadly the importance of the early years but also of dreams in our adult lives.

Composition on the right side of a piece of canvas. Original old photograph / gold braid and trimmings / threads / mirrors / kings' crown / rhinestone brooch / approx. 30x30cm, 2025.