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I was very amazed, when at a show, a visitor moaned that my snail shell paintings
would express such a negativity of death and destruction with all their holes and
opened parts. I never had thought of that!
Who ever has collected shells at the shore, knows, that the most are incomplete or
have little holes. And as a painter I loved the richness of forms caused by these
openings, especially showing the beauty of the spindle in their inner. To me these
shells had a more positive meaning like a shelter to crawl into and hide and feel
protected or at least like romantic ruins.
Together they can form a kind of settlement or be used as individual beings as in
“The Decision of Paris”.
| View I, oil on acrylic, 1983 SOLD |
| View II (9.6x11.3 ), oil on acrylic, 1983 |
| View III , oil on acrylic, 1983 SOLD |
| Burning Sky, oil on acrylic, 1996 SOLD |
| Conspiracy (8.7x11.7), oil on acrylic, 1981 |
| View IV (9.6x11.3), oil on acrylic, 1983 |
| The Herd (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1995 |
| The Decision of Paris (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1990 |
| Composition in Yellow (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1995 |
| Composition in Blue (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1995 |
| Lamentation (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1996 |
| Shell Town (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1996 |
| The Cape (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1996 |
| Apparition (27.6x20), oil on acrylic, 1995 SOLD |
| Wild Coast (8x8.4), oil on acrylic, 1996 |
| Moonlit Night, oil on acrylic, 1996 SOLD |
| The Miracle, oil on acrylic, 1995 SOLD |
Composition in Red (20x27.6), oil on acrylic, 1995
Snail Shells