Description

In the woods stands a statue of an angelic figure.
There is some light entering there.
The whole setting looks somewhat mysterious and pops up several
questions to the mind …

Title: Broken?
On wooden panel
2,10m x 2,10m
Acrylics
Created may 2023
Price: €950
Disclaimer: normally our prices for original work is way much higher. This price is specially in synched with the Landart project it takes part in.
Exhibition info: this work will be shown at Park Lingegezen in Elst until October 2023

About the painting:

In the woods stands a statue of an angelic figure.
There is some light entering there.
The whole setting looks somewhat mysterious and pops up several
questions to the mind like,

• how did the sculpture get there?
  or
• all this surrounding of nature, like it has overtaken the place because statues like
  these are normally to be found in cities…
• has it been dump there?
• if nature has overgrown everything, what was this place before?

Those are the thoughts that arise at first. Focussing further on the painted character tells
a story which adds to the mysterie. The statue is a female figure who is being vieuwed from the back.
As if she turns her back towards something.
And it looks like she stands inbetween the darkness of the forest and the light outside.
She has her head turned sideways so her young beautiful face is visible. Her right wing is broken and she
holds a broken piece of that wing in her hand.

The first emotion that may come up is a feeling of sadness because of the broken wing. Sadness because of the physical pain that
she must be in. Not to forget the mental stress of not being able to fly anymore.

However, when looking longer at the image shows more of the story. Because when you focus more on her face and posture
then it becomes clear that she herself is everything but sad nor in pain. On the contrary she even has a sense of pride over her.
This new perspective point opens up so many more questions, like how is the wing broken?
Did she maybe brake it by herself? What is really going on if she did?

A beam of heavenly light strikes her feet. As if the heaven itself now is begging.
Begging for her to come back….