| A compact work in the Superstition series,
Devil’s Bedposts centers on the Four of Clubs—known in some traditions by its ominous nickname. “Devil’s Bedposts” evokes the four corners of a bed, imagined as sites of spiritual vulnerability or nocturnal visitation. The card becomes more than a symbol of chance—it becomes a charged object, renamed through fear and folklore.
Rendered with shadowy figures walking through a narrow alley, the card’s background merges historical atmosphere with emotional ambiguity. The figures feel distant, spectral, and unresolved. The alley becomes a threshold—between safety and danger, memory and myth.
The number four, often associated with stability, here feels destabilized. Each club becomes a corner, each shadow a whisper. The card is not just a motif—it’s a container for superstition, secrecy, and quiet dread.
Devil’s Bedposts doesn’t explain its symbols. It lets them linger. A small canvas of encoded folklore and psychological tension, where naming itself becomes a form of belief.
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