Considered one of the most prominent Estonian artists to date, Peeter Mudist began his university studies at the Technical University of Tallinn. Following this, he turned towards art in 1963, from which point he attended the Estonian State University of Fine Art. Marked by a number of state honours, his career was crowned by a two-volume book published in 2004, its genre somewhere between monograph and fiction – the reproductions are accompanied by long analytical texts by the artist himself. Mudist is a figure of the Estonian arts scene who is very difficult to classify: the softness of his allegorical, poetic paintings is pervaded by deep philosophical content, revealing a peculiar, elusive universe and conveying the artist’s personal experience and persuasion. Light and timelessness play an important role in his works. These notions endow the most evident figures, objects or scenes with a disquieting effect. In the meantime, it is very important for Mudist to keep his works simple – he is, for instance, uncompromising about exhibiting his paintings frameless, giving insight into the creative process, which in fact bears more significance in his oeuvre than the actual subjects of his paintings. The piece Solar Eclipse features blurred faces, soft figures, “shadows” floating in a strong colour contrast, making the painting poetic, while coming to life in front of the embraced couple as a kind of absurd, fairy tale vision, questioning the meaning of the notions “real” and “unreal”, “abstract” and “tangible”.