Free Will

🗿 Free Will

Available artwork

 

🏷️ Title

Free Will (1995)

 

📐 Dimensions and technique

60 × 50 cm  

Oil and polymaterial technique on canvas

 

✨ Unique feature

The painting can be hung in any orientation and it will always appear upright.  

This is not only a technical curiosity but a symbolic statement: the human being is always placed before a choice, no matter the direction from which he looks at life.

 

📖 Description

The artwork represents the human condition suspended between Good and Evil, between spiritual elevation and downfall.

In the upper part, a man raises a Christian cross toward the sky, while beside him appear the Laws of God, the moral foundation that guides the righteous path.

At his feet, the Latin inscription reads:

“Homo libero arbitrio creat fatum suum”  

Man, through free will, creates his own destiny.

In the lower part, another man follows the serpent — symbol of temptation — to worship the Ancient Dragon, archetypal image of Evil.

The composition stages the eternal drama of choice: two directions, two destinies, one freedom.

🕊️ Symbolism

 

🔹 The man lifting the cross

Represents the choice of Good, light, faith, and spiritual ascent.

 

🔹 The Laws of God

A reference to divine order as the moral compass of the soul.

 

🔹 The serpent and the Dragon

Ancient symbols of deception, temptation, and spiritual fall.

 

🔹 The Latin phrase

A powerful affirmation: destiny is not imposed — it is created through free will.

 

🔹 The name “ANAEL”

One of the seven archangels.  

His name means “Grace of God.”  

Placed in the sky, he symbolizes divine protection and the possibility of redemption.🔹 The Key of Life

Symbol of knowledge, rebirth, and access to the mysteries of existence.

 

🌌 Meaning

Free Will is a visual meditation on human responsibility.  

Every gesture, every direction taken, shapes destiny.  

The artwork reveals that:

- Good requires an active choice  

- Evil is a constant seduction  

- Freedom is a gift, but also a burden  

- Grace is always present, but never imposed