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Artworks
Madeleine Bialke
Moth, 2021Oil on canvas56 x 46 cm. / 22 x 18 in.An eerie scene of a house backed by white pines catching glints of light from an unknown source. Light emanates from the windows, obscured by curtains, and from the skeletal...An eerie scene of a house backed by white pines catching glints of light from an unknown
source. Light emanates from the windows, obscured by curtains, and from the skeletal
bushes creating shadows on the house. As the painting began to take shape, I loosely
recognized the house as the face a Luna moth that scares away predators. That subterfuge is
interesting— related to Rorschach, which I guess is what this painting is to me. Thinking
about the appearance of a home versus the unknown of what goes on in one, a mystery
between the interior and the exterior, and the mystery of a moth.