ANCESTORs WALL

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THE ANCESTORs WALL ...... at first.. it looks chaotic. it IS chaotic i guess... and yet if you give it some time.. and look.. unfocussed.. just let your eyes drift over the image.. you will stop here.. and there.. and see. figures.. shapes .. animals.. humans .. bodyparts .. there are hieroglyphs and there are various styles to be found in this one image. why? i wondered.. thought about it.. no wonder really.. my family, my history is chaotic.. moving around, my family moving from country to country, east meets west, west meets east.. living here, living there. am i rootless? no. i have air-roots.. my roots are like bridges, connecting and touching the ground wherever i have lived, where my ancestors have lived.. going deep, getting nourished, drinking on different cultures and transporting this nourishment to my subconscious.. inspiring me. small wonder my styles change rapidly.. small wonder i dont stick to one... the influences are there.. inside of me.. the roots hold fast, anchoring me here and there.. i belong to the world.. .. i look at my ANCESTORs WALL and feel.. yes.. that is my history. 

IBIS FISH and WATER - A TRINITY

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Ibis, Fish and Water.. a strongly symbolic piece. 

should i .. or not.. explain and go into detail? i am not really good at words.. others can do that a lot better.. but i will try.. to just give out some basics.. leave the rest to your imagination? of course there are various ways to interpret the symbols here.. but i will mention what appeals to me.. what makes sense to me..... 
the IBIS .. the harbringer of lunar functions - significant as yesterday was this special full moon.. the double ibis perhaps reinfoces this .. - again.. lunar.. significant.. for me the moon is THE symbol of woman.. womanhood.. goddess... fertility...

same goes for the FISH.. another symbol of fertility.. woman .. femininity.. transformation....... AND the fish lives in WATER - the third part of this TRINITY.. symbolic for the subconscious... the mystery of the unknown.... 

the image is held together by the pyramid.. the triangle.. forming a counterpoint at the base..... as it is shown here.. it is a symbol for masculine energy, for activity, for the sun - and of course... trinity... tri-angle...... the number 3. 

so the image is balanced as such........ it is.. finished... concluded.

the original is for sale... acrylic on thick brown paper.. size : 28x39cm - 11.02x15.35"