Rendezvous with Dido

Work part of the Exhibition "Séance of Tales in Technicolor"
Acrylic on canvas
90x60 cm

Something about what is behind this painting:

The stages of grief over losing a loved one are mirrored in the story of Dido from Virgil's "Aeneid".

Dido was the queen of Carthage, brilliant, powerful, and respected. After escaping danger in her homeland, she built a new city by the sea, a place of beauty and strength.

Then came Aeneas, a shipwrecked Trojan hero, on his journey to find a new home. When Dido welcomed him, something unexpected happened: she fell in love. And so did he, at least for a time. Their days were filled with warmth, passion, and the hope of building something new together.

But the gods reminded Aeneas of his mission. He had to leave. Without warning, without goodbye, he sailed away, toward his destiny, and away from Dido.

Left behind, Dido’s grief ran deep. Not only had she lost love, but the dream of a shared future. In some versions of the myth, her sorrow consumed her completely. But in others, we remember her not just for her end, but for the way she loved, fully, fiercely, and without fear.

This painting is about that kind of love, the kind that doesn’t always get a happy ending, but still leaves something real behind. It’s for those moments when we grieve what could have been, while still honoring what was.

Because sometimes, mourning is just another way of remembering how deeply we once felt.

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