Portrait Of My Mother I (detail 1)
My mother was a free spirit ( a characteristic I have inherited from her). She was though unable to cope with the restrictions of her environment, so she never experienced any personal freedom before her marriage.
This portrait is an attempt to capture the restrictions of her environment (black border and "arrows" pointing at her), her "masque of indifference" (as her only defense), and the pain of her soul (depicted as "grasping" and bleeding hands over the border of her life).
Original
Mixed Media on paper
48cm x 35cm
