Artwork Details

• Artist Name: Rachelle Maceus

• Title: Burst of Hope (Eclat d’Espoir)

• Year: 2020

• Medium/Technique: Acrylic

• Style: Naïve, Saint Soleil

• Dimensions: 37.8 cm x 75.6 cm

Artwork Description

This 2020 acrylic painting by Rachelle Maceus, titled “Burst of Hope,” is a striking example of the Naïve and Saint Soleil styles. The artwork is a vertical composition on a dark, rich purple-brown background. It features a central, abstractly constructed human figure assembled from flat planes of bold, vibrant color, each meticulously outlined with a unique yellow and white dotted “stitching” pattern.

The figure’s face is a simple, mask-like shape painted in a neutral grey, characterized by large, curious almond-shaped eyes, two distinct lines for the nose, and a curved line for the mouth, giving it a calm and pensive expression. Resting on the grey head is a prominent, heart-like structure in fiery orange.

Below the grey face, two abstract body shapes continue the colorful assemblage: a large, rounded torso in crimson red and an angular, elongated limb in jade green extending to the lower right. A smaller, curved yellow element peeks from behind the red and orange shapes on the upper left, adding asymmetry.

The entire figure radiates with energetic color against the deep background, fully embodying its title. The artist’s signature and the date, ‘Rachelle Maceus 2020’, are clearly painted in white in the bottom right corner.