María Cortés
THE LEOPARD AND THE POOL, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
97 x 130 cm.
Series: The Leopard´s Journey
Signed and dated 2025 verso
María Cortés
This work evokes my memories of Mallorca’s coves, with their calm turquoise waters and luminous shores as places of contemplation. While painting it, I recalled Joachim Patinir’s The Crossing of...
This work evokes my memories of Mallorca’s coves, with their calm turquoise waters and luminous shores as places of contemplation. While painting it, I recalled Joachim Patinir’s The Crossing of the Styx (Museo del Prado), which I studied closely for its treatment of landscape. Here, I placed the leopard—symbol of intuition and inner strength—at the edge of a pool, a threshold between nature and architecture. Colour and geometry merge into a dreamlike atmosphere where stillness and movement coexist.