The soft feminine figures with their radiant honey colors or pure azure are, as well, images of serenity and lucky us if they can save us when, after the hourglass is turned over, we stumble into the immediate future. They are like the Virgin of the Tapestry, or like Saint Martha, the only one able to tame the unicorn and the tarasque, fabulous dragon from Provence. Sleeping Beauties, enslumbered in the midst of their harmonious and peaceful movements; Sleeping Beauties that you might be able to awaken. Still, whether in victory or defeat, you know that everything can be reassessed, that peace, if ever achieved, and sweet as it can be, is fleeting and ever in peril.

Look at "Les Assoupis" ( the Sleepers) - or those seeming to be - ever on the edge of waking. Or choose another painting amongst Regner's other works and beware, once again, the eruption of the immediate future. REGNER offers neither fable nor anecdote, but, rather a strong dramatic situation in which the spectator is squarely placed.