NATOYAA – Dance (Legend)

May 2024. Back from Africa, my mind was still imbued with the warmth of that African land I love so much, with the pulse of an intense life, with rhythms that resonate in the soul. Natoyaa, which means dance, was born from this incandescent breath.

Red reigns supreme – ardent, visceral, vibrant. It is the fire of movement, the energy of life, the raw strength of resilience. It intertwines with golden glints and shimmering cracks, capturing the light of day and the depths of night. Each reflection, each fissure, tells a story that shifts with the hours and the light.

A zircon is embedded in the canvas – a stone of clarity and strength, it captures the light and makes it dance, like an echo to this living painting.

I saw how dance was a healing force for the children. Through every movement, they expressed what couldn't be said, releasing what weighed on their souls. Where we lived together, dance was omnipresent, spontaneous, instinctive, like a silent language of resilience and hope. It sprang forth naturally, like a life force.

I was deeply touched by this spontaneity, by this way of transforming pain into movement, into rhythm, into light.

Discreetly, in the shadows of my artwork, small phosphorescent figures keep watch. Barely visible by day, they glow in the darkness, like those forgotten street children, those neglected and abandoned. May we all watch over them, as we look at this work and think of all the children of the world who deserve protection .