Bornagraphy

Portrait of Ella with burning matchsticks.

„Plagas et recolere.“ Oil on canvas.
What may look like a small step to you is a massive leap for me. Few will understand the amount of emotion going into this painting and the love I have developed for it.

„Plagas et recolere“. Oil on canvas.
What may look like a small step to you is a massive leap for me. Few will understand the amount of emotion going into this painting and the love I have developed for it.

Foot detail from „Plagas et recolere“ in progress.

„Plagas et recolere“. Oil on canvas.
A few more jagged steps into the light. The next few days belong to this; I’m burying myself in the clock.

Sepulcrum in carne. Oil on canvas. 100 x 70 cm. Swipe for details.

This is the fifth time I am „completing“ this painting. It may never be right…

„Plagas et recolere“. Oil on canvas.
Some more progress on a painting that I feel might become one of my most important ones… The large dimensions require much concentration and effort, but somehow everything runs smoothly and she is almost creating herself…

Something very different. Something irrelevant. But she joined me on the journey…

She started staring back at me and we bear the struggle of existence. Detail from an oil painting in progress.