The liberation; a good story

A good story.

This artwork is part of the “Keepers” art series. It was created in oil paint, based on a sketch from a distant sketch-memory. These sketches had been lying in my drawing drawer for years, and the anthropomorphic figure “Hare” was still intimately connected to “Woman” in them. But what does the painting actually mean? To be honest, I don’t have an immediate answer to that. It’s a collection of feelings, memories, pain, and joy, all tied to a particular period in my life.

The Liberation

But it is “a good story.” The title is not without reason: The Liberation, de bevrijding, La libération. It’s mainly about two different periods that have become one. Healed. A sort of sandwich of a fantastic childhood, starting a family, a significant dip, and eventually rising above it again. With color coming from all directions. The Liberation. A good story, indeed.