Midday sleep of Faun
The painting Faun’s Noonday Dream is inspired by ancient myths and at the same time imbued with a Symbolist sense of mystery and the fragility of existence. At its center lies the figure of a faun, resting languidly among wildflowers, surrounded by semi-nude female forms. These figures may be nymphs, muses, or merely the creations of a dream — the line between reality and imagination is deliberately blurred.
The landscape is rendered in a muted grey-lilac palette, with moonlight as the key expressive device: it illuminates bodies, highlights blossoms, and casts the background into a mysterious twilight. The brushwork is dense yet soft, gently dissolving forms and enhancing the dreamlike atmosphere. This scene is not so much about antiquity as it is about reverie — about humanity’s longing for harmony with nature and with the self. The painting reads like a poem of stillness, corporeality, and the elusive light of inspiration.
Dot Abdusamatov
Born on June 12th, 1941 in the township of Shakhrinau (Tajikistan). Graduated from the Dushanbe School of Art (1963) and the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry named after V.I. Mukhina (1971).Works in the field of furniture-decorative fabrics, in the easel painting and gobelin.Since 1972 he is a participant of art exhibitions. The works are in museums and galleries of Tajikistan, Czechia and Austria, in private collections in Russia, England, Germany, Denmark. A member of the BAD since 1979. Lives in Brest