A curation by Vlad Merariu, Curator at Dance Artworks Gallery - This selection studies the lion as symbol, presence, and structure. Each work treats the animal through a different lens: saturated acrylic fields, textured oils, graphic outlines, and mixed-media layering. You see contrasts in composition, from tight frontal portraits to fragmented abstractions and cinematic silhouettes. Color drives mood. Line defines strength. Negative space shapes attitude. The variety of media, from collage to resin to digital canvases, builds a clear thread: artists use the lion not only as a subject but as a tool to test balance, contrast, gesture, and surface. The result is a focused survey of how contemporary painters translate power into form.