Title: Sui ipsius sustentans in luce
Artist: Lucius
Artistic Execution: Voineagu Ion
Year: 2020
Technique: Oil painting on canvas, mixed media, impasto
Dimensions: 500 mm (Width) x 700 mm (Height)

Description:
This painting is a symbolic representation of the soul—or unified consciousness—nourishing and sustaining itself directly from a divine source of light.

At the center of the composition is an archetypal couple, whose masculine and feminine aspects have merged into a single spiritual entity. Rather than passively contemplating, they actively engage in the process of self-sustenance.

They wear cosmic garments sprinkled with stars, and together they hold a chalice (the Grail). This vessel is not a mere container—it serves as a conduit through which a sphere of pure, incandescent light pours forth its energy. The scene reflects the idea that the being can draw nourishment and vital force directly from spiritual light, independent of external, material sources.

The background—a silvery, ethereal forest—suggests a sacred space, a subtle plane where this process of spiritual self-nourishment becomes possible. True to the title, the painting is an allegory of spiritual autonomy and the soul’s ability to thrive through direct connection with its divine source of light.