This painting is a metaphor that reimagines a legend from Quim Hereu’s hometown, Girona: the legend of Saint Paul.According to tradition, the saint protected the city from an invasion, and this work reinterprets the tale through the lens of estrambotisme.The city’s invader is not a typical army, but a giant cat attacking Girona, while Saint Paul rises—tiny as a mouse but resolute, sword in hand.

The city, with its recognizable silhouette and the Cathedral at its center, unfolds like a dream suspended over nothingness.