I always see the number 3 as a triangle, and when I received the assign- the 3 of hearts- was pretty obvious to me make a kind of love triangle, and a love triangle is always a little conflictive and sometimes bizarre. I don’t know why I use here just masculine characters, but definitely they are ambiguous, very different between them and slightly aggressive, maybe complicated in this situation... because three’s a crowd.

The idea behind the artwork was trying to illustrate how “clubs” evolved throughout history and culture also what it means in terms of symbolism.

The eyeball has been my trademark for quite some years, and i like to draw one in a composition whenever i can! Sometimes as a cartoon, sometimes as an icon, the point is to leave a mark with it. I chose to include some exotic yet fictionary plants, cause i like how wild and dense they look like. Drawing jungle is a good way to fight cold European winters.

My piece represents the many facets of sin and the relationship with gambling.

I wanted to make an allusion to a figure of Don Juan, because he is able to collect as many hearts together. Therefore 9 hearts impaled on a sword and shrouded in a cloak.

Perched high on the Dublin mountains lies The Hellfire Club, an 18th century hunting lodge with an infamous history of outrageous behaviour and depravity. Accounts of the club’s meetings claim that members drank “scaltheen”, a mixture of whiskey and hot butter, and that they left a chair vacant at each gathering for the Devil. One of these accounts tells of a stranger who arrived at the club on a stormy night. Invited in, he joined the members in a card game. As one player dropped his card on the floor he bent under the table to retrieve it and noticed that the stranger had a cloven hoof. At this point the visitor disappeared in a ball of flames ;)

My card was the queen of clubs. I just wanted to draw a woman who would be like a timeless queen in a forgotten city.