Eva

My latest painting "Eva" is finally finished!
For the past year I have wanted to transform the old ideals and archetypes into modern times. Religious or not, we are very much influenced by the symbols from the Holy Scriptures.
So I decided to liberate Eve, to release her from the dogmas of guilt and shame. To erase the common view that a woman must hide, must never tempt the man, that she is forever guilty etc...
When she is liberated then the symbol of Adam will also be a free man.
So I depicted Eve as a creator of life, as a person who enjoys life in every way.

New Giglée Print 'Naked'

A new giglée print has been made, this time of an old drawing of mine from 1981 when I was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, Croatia. I made it after an open-air concert where I was intoxicated not only by the music and beer but also by resting my head in the lab of a gorgeous young man, this was a cocktail that made my head and body spin.



The text in the sketchbook from 9th of May 1981:
...At a (open air) rock concert, drinking beer, it is hot, the music hard, there is not one thought in my mind. Am a little drunk and have enjoyed a mans body as my pillow, all my instincts are slowly surfacing, forgot the music, everything, except the caress.
And now the concert is over
I could have eaten him right there on the lawn

The edition is 148 prints and comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by master printer and artist. Print size: 14 x 21 cm + white border

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At the moment I’m occupied with the thoughts of transferring the old archetypes and symbols of mankind into present times. Working on a huge canvas 180 x 180 cm with a liberated, happy and free Eve in Paradise, without shame and guilt and other useless feelings that has been connected to this female symbol through various religions for thousands of years. But I feel I need to liberate myself before being able to finish the painting, so I also make drawings in order to find into the true meaning of the real woman and real man.

illustrations to Travelling

Travelling

Soon I must clean my brush and go to pack my suitcase.

The other day my joy for painting turned up out of the blue and I feel that Eve is going to fulfil her purpose and transcend the canvas eventually. Even though I have ruined her right hand so many times today, I shall have to leave it for three weeks.

First to Singapore, a city we have visited several times, planning to go to the Indian part of town this time. But first of all, after checking into the lovely Raffles Hotel, go to the rooftop and have a swim in the pool edged with trees in blossom and modern skyscrapers in the background.

After that to Siam Reap in Cambodia for two days to visit Angkor Wat, the sixty square kilometer huge tempel area. Then going to Phnom Pen for some days and certainly visit Killing Fields to remember how cruel man can be to one another and to hope that we shall some day be wiser and kinder.

Finally eight days in the wonderful Vietnam, a country we have visited from North to South two years ago. This time however we will only stay at a peninsula not far from Na Trang to swim and to read the many kilo books we always carry along.

My sketch book will also be with me and as  always in my hand luggage. It's the only thing I would be very sad to loose.

discipline, loneliness, development

Working on the hands of Eve, and notice that the bulb in her right hand resembles the female egg.

I'm trying to get to know myself deep down and the painting of Eve is part of this process. Have reached a faze in my life where I am tired of painting, though not tired of creating!! Feel a need to 'just' write and draw in my sketch book. Dreaming of travelling the world with the sketch book under my arm and reflect life through this mirror. Maybe leave the brush for a year to let new, forgotten or unknown sides have a place in the sun.

Right now painting everyday is a tough strive and is more a result of discipline and pride, because I do not want to be lazy. But by the end of the day when I have managed to progress on Eve, I feel a certain joy and strength together with thankfulness over having reached yet another stage.

I have some travelling over the coming months, including 4 weeks in Italy to learn Italian, a fulfilment of an old dream. Some of this travelling time will be used to work on many new poems and then I might work on Eve when at home. Maybe this painting will take a year to complete and the day of the last brushstroke is maybe the day where I have come a long way in my own process of freedom and liberation. In fact I'm not able to finish her now, there are lessons in life I have to learn before transferring it to the canvas..

Another new feeling in me is the wish to become part of a group. The last four years I have chosen solitude in my work, but now I feel the need to share visions and thoughts with others who have the same urge to explore life on a deeper level. I feel a mental loneliness and with that a wish not to be lonely. 

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The only Road

The only Road to take is mine.

The only choice to make is mine.

The Prophet is within me,

as I am within the prophecy.

Truth is the only destiny to come by.

I could have sworn for an easier time,

yet I choose the best for me.

Looking upon the shores of my life,

knowledge is derived

even from the tiniest grain of sand.

Truth is the only happiness,

even when it is a stone around my neck.

written in Chicago 5th of June 2007