skin

The skin is a woman’s largest an most beautiful organ, the covering that holds it all together…

”Cut I”, Oil on Canvas, W:90 H:120

”Cut II”, Oil on Canvas, W:90 H:120

”First Cut”, Oil on Canvas, W:90 H:120

According to the French philosopher Paul Valery, “the skin is the deepest part of the human being” and therefore it reflects the innermost part of the human being, its core.

“Sea of love”, Mixed Media on Canvas, W:140 H:100

Skin as a canvas on which to project a human’s being inner world. From insight out…scrutinized and enlarged. Superficially, people’s skin couldn’t be more different. But deeper beneath the surface i we would cut into someone’s skin we could see that we are more united than we thought.

”Skin I”, Mixed Media on Canvas, W:20 H.40

”Skin II”, Mixed Media on Canvas, W:20 H.40

”Skin III”, Mixed Media on Canvas, W:20 H.40

In my more abstract perception of the skin, I want to show humanity in its essence, its attempt to grow beyond limitations that are often perceived as painful. Here the pain which is symbolized by the barbed wire, could be seen as a transformational tool.