The conquistador
About this painting
- Year
- 2021
- Dimensions
- 80×60 cm
- Technique
- oil on canvas
- Cycle
- Outside any cycle
Description
A cat as conqueror of new worlds, the map as battlefield, the irony of patriarchy. A grey green-eyed cat in amber-gold conquistador armour holds a sword in his right hand and a laurel branch in his left; beneath his feet a wide old sea-chart with caravels and fragments of land.