Blush Deceit (Vanitas) — Decorative Canvas Print Edition
Edith Pons, 2025
Decorative edition — digital reproduction on canvas: 50 × 44 cm
(5 cm white border on each side, unstretched — no frame)
Meaning of the Work
Blush Deceit (Vanitas) belongs to the tradition of contemporary vanitas: a spiritual reading of classical symbolism through the lens of the present.
Bathed in luminous blush tones — the color of seduction and superficial beauty — the composition unfolds through essential signs of human vanity: exuberant flowers announcing the passage of time, a fragile crystal sphere evoking the vulnerability of earthly securities, and a mask embodying deception and the presence of evil.
Grapes suggest abundance and immediate pleasure, while the silk drapery recalls material attachment and the allure of the visible. Everything appears delicate, gracious, and radiant, yet beneath this sweetness lies a silent tension: time advances, and whatever captivates the soul apart from God inevitably fades and dies — and with it, the soul ensnared in what cannot endure.
This work seeks to reveal an uncomfortable truth: even the most radiant — yet false — beauty can separate us from the eternal.
Blush Deceit (Vanitas) invites slow contemplation: a meditation on deceptive beauty, impermanence, and the spiritual battle between deception and truth.
Vanitas Vanitatum… All under the sun is vanity.
Purchase & Shipping Information
This edition is sold unstretched and unframed.
All purchases are final sale.
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The artwork is shipped rolled in a protective tube, without frame or stretcher bars.
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