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the birth of the groom

2007. Oil on canvas. 178x148cm. {sold}

The Birth Of The Groom interprets the theme of family. Deciding upon the person to whom make a lifetime vow is an act that requires courage and clarity. The woman pictured in this painting has such an intense desire to find this right person and posses him that he actually becomes her very own creature. She does not meet her groom, he is her own projection, a son already born a grown-up. It is as if she had married a part of herself.

The idea of a groom son looks also into the dimension of time. The bride appears to us as though she were a timeless survivor of generational cycles, echoing Buddhist

 

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