Connoisseurs of Fantasio's work will immeditaley recognize this piece as being his creation, it has the trademark Fantasio look and feel to it. Yet, the artist managed to take his own recognizable style to the next level. Again.

Albeit painted on canvas, this picture looks so plastic and three-dimensional, it is almost jumping out of the screen. Fantasio has taken his work to a new level of hyper-realism, making the abstract aberration portrayed here plausible and tangible. The mind says "no" but the eyes say "oh yeah, just look, it's real!" Do not wonder if you'll hear a "Tekeli-li, Tekeli-li" sounding voice in your head over and over again if you stare at this beautiful piece for too long.

Especially the tentacles struck me right from the start as looking so very real, it made me shudder. I don't like tentacles, unless they are part of my Sushi-menu. And these tentacles look terrifying.

But there is more to explore in this piece, details likes the smeared color, the apple, food or symbol of regency? What does the absence of eyes symbolize? We could spend countless hours debating, but instead I prefer to leave it at this and let you find your own appreciation for this outstanding work.

In the long run, some artists have no clear line of style, there is no continuity in their work. And others are redundant and keep on delivering clones of their own former work. And then there are a select few who manage to remain faithful to their own style, yet improve it continuously with fresh ideas and new elements.

In my opinion, Fantasio is one of those, has his last piece clearly proves.