{"id":30988,"date":"2024-01-18T19:25:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T18:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stephane-alsac.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=30988"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T10:09:10","slug":"painting-portrait-lion-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.stephane-alsac.com\/en\/boutique\/limited-editions\/giclees-on-canvas\/painting-portrait-lion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Maximus&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first encounter with a lion is a moment that marks you for life. Whether on a photographic safari or a hunt, crossing the gaze of the king of the savanna leaves no one unscathed.<\/p>\n<p>With each new painting, I ask myself: what is the purpose of this piece, what message will I convey, what emotion do I want to transmit?<\/p>\n<p>I firmly believe that we all carry within us the memory of our ancestors \u2014 an instinct for survival, a hunter&#x27;s instinct, that gives us this ancestral fear of the predator. I am transfixed by the lion; I feel a primal fear mingled with fascination, and that is precisely what I want to convey in this painting. I want to create a silent dialogue between man and beast, to find in its gaze that unreasoning dread.<\/p>\n<p>I wish to give my representation of the lion in all its majesty and savagery. The image of the ultimate predator \u2014 it must be at once beautiful and menacing. This duality is found in the opposition between warm tones and cool tones. The composition is raw, essential: a portrait, without embellishment, in chiaroscuro. The gaze is piercing; one must lose oneself in it and be unable to escape.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, I detail more precisely the eyes, the muzzle, and the jaws. The rest of the head loses focus in order to capture the viewer&#x27;s gaze all the more.<\/p>\n<p>The title of this painting is &quot;Maximus&quot;, superlative of Magnus in Latin, meaning the greatest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"&quot;Maximus&quot;- Du Croquis \u00e0 la R\u00e9alit\u00e9 - Peindre un Lion R\u00e9aliste!\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/512CPv-zVCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Original Painting Sold<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Limited Edition Giclee available<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul class=\"list-square dotted\">\n<li>&#8211; Limited edition numbered from 1 to 50 hand signed by the Artist<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Canvas\u00a0350 g\/m\u00b2 Mat<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; <strong>Digigraphie\u00ae certified printing Giclee<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Option : matte black floater frame<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Print is numbered and signed with a certificate of authenticity. 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