Day Dream 

Curator: Here we have “Day Dream” by Sarah Joncas. The painting presents a nude figure, seemingly asleep, overlaid with images of red tulips against a backdrop of ethereal, pastel skies. What’s your first impression? Editor: It’s like a reverie captured in acrylic—almost saccharine, but with an undercurrent of something deeper. The tulips feel significant, a symbolic weight clinging to the figure. Curator: The acrylic-paint handling is incredibly smooth; Joncas's approach is highly controlled. It invites us to consider the commercial aspects of fine art. The seamlessness and clean lines echo the production quality valued in product design or advertisement. Editor: True. But I'm stuck on those flowers, the red against her pale skin... It feels intimate and yet remote. She's lost in this floral embrace, dreaming, or maybe even suffocating, perhaps reflecting society´s role and imposition. Curator: We must also note how the very act of 'daydreaming', often seen as unproductive labor, can challenge norms and modes of artistic production. Joncas uses traditional methods to depict the insubstantial space of our minds. Editor: Or she's playing with ideas of artifice! Is she offering us beauty or something subtly menacing, given her almost lifeless pallor? She is both available and absolutely unreachable. And there's a sense that if we touched the surface of the canvas, the slightest imperfection would become terribly clear, ruining the illusion. Curator: The artist toys with the idea of accessibility and transparency. By blending what seems commercially-viable aesthetics with more intimate, introspective thematic contents, there´s also a challenge being posed regarding the separation between high and low art in the art market. Editor: Ultimately, though, the image is strangely hypnotic. I'm now drawn back into my original observation about that sweet reverie! Curator: Yes, in its dreamlike composition, and by addressing the contemporary culture and industry around beauty. A work with several layers, inviting viewers to delve in deeply.