The Angel of Mars by Isabel Mahe Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 81 x 65 cm Year: 2015 Price: $1000.00 USD Status: available . . . Knights have always had a guardian angel by their side. To protect them, reassure them, tend their wounds and comfort them in times of absence. The spirit of chivalry has endured under the angel’s lofty patronage. . . . Why collect this work?A winged child surges laterally across the picture, turning the softness of a cherubic body into a compact image of urgency and protection. Mahe reports an interest in art history and pairs painting with poetry without treating words as explanation. The catalogue poem frames this angel as a guardian of knights, although the painting keeps its purpose ambiguous.In the photograph, outstretched limbs, swept wings and a pale diagonal form propel the figure from left to right. Its hands close around a small dark object beside a curled golden form, concentrating the otherwise expansive motion into an uncertain task.The documented oil-on-canvas medium makes broad tonal contrast possible here. As photographed, the pale body and cloud mass stand sharply against the reddish field, while softer transitions reduce their apparent weight.Dated 2015 and catalogued at 81 by 65 cm, the work provides a focused case for reconsidering classical angelic imagery: bodily vulnerability is placed alongside speed, resolve and the catalogue’s martial language. About the ArtistIsabel Mahe Isabel Mahe is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: Painter. Based in CHASSENON 16150, FR. Nationality: French My painting explores the female figure as a space of emotion, vulnerability, sensuality and freedom.
