PAN

**Pan**

A major figure in the Celtic pantheon, Cernunnos embodies the cycle of nature: life and death, germination and decay. The stag that symbolizes him sheds its antlers in winter before regaining them in spring.

This figure is reborn here as Pan, a god associated with nature. The transition from one to the other stems from their symbolic proximity: Pan, a mortal being, can also evoke the cycle of the seasons, from spring to autumn and then to winter.

The composition is built on a black background, where the pre-existing reliefs are preserved and enriched with new forms using gesso. Pumice stone is then used to smooth the most prominent irregularities, revealing the contrasts between texture and depth. Gilding emphasizes the lines, brings out the face and antlers, and gives the figure an almost archaic presence. Between darkness and brilliance, Pan becomes the image of a powerful nature, traversed by disappearance and renewal, and celebrates the eternal cycle of