Threads of Eternity · 2024

The Ecliptic Grace

Female mythological figure with white horns, gold halo, feather and fur wings, textured grey ground, 150 × 150 cm
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
150 × 150 cm · 60 × 60 in
Year
2024
Price
€24,000
Status
Available

In The Ecliptic Grace, Jehan Legac conjures a celestial figure who appears to move along the arc of stars, suspended between motion and transcendence. A pale, ethereal woman sweeps across the canvas, nude and barely tethered to material form. Her alabaster body dissolves into textures of gold and veil-like fabric, as though the winds of time are both unmaking and exalting her.

Two delicate horns crown her head, suggesting a mythic origin—part deity, part forgotten constellation. Behind her, a fractured golden circle hovers like a halo or planetary orbit, invoking sacred geometry and cosmic alignment. Her eyes are closed, her expression both serene and sovereign, as if she carries ancient knowledge in her stillness. Legac's surface work is delicate and deliberate: fine cracks, worn edges, luminous erosion. The viewer is not simply witnessing a portrait, but encountering an apparition—half angel, half celestial relic. The Ecliptic Grace is a moment frozen at the edge of disappearance, where beauty escapes gravity and divinity wears the dust of stars.

On view and for sale at Art11bkk, Bangkok. Enquire

The exhibition opened on 16 October 2026. See photos from the opening night

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