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"Pagan Temple, not accessible" Watercolor snippets on black paper, 12x12" |
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"Temple, not accessible for the public" Watercolors, approx. 12x16" |
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"The Rainmakers' Gate" Watercolors, approx. 12x16" |
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"Colums of the Sky" Watercolors, approx. 12x16" |
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"Columns with Left-Over Paint" Watercolors, approx. 12x16" |
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"Man Cannot Have Moved This" Watercolors, approx. 12x16" |
Would painters keep on painting a certain subject if they knew why? Probably, the process of painting is a search for a reason. I'm fascinated by the heaviness of boulders, columns and menhirs, by pondering how they got them up there, considering also irrational explanations. I like to paint them as levitating objects or broken down, resting, piling up. They are puzzles from the past and carry long-forgotten messages.
Some of these paintings are not abstract any more, dangerously close to esoteric kitsch, I'm afraid, but I have to take risks on my search.
Oh, I forgot one of them! Here's an update. It is the one on top.