Turtles and cranes are symbols for long life but live in very different elements: air and water. Turtles cannot escape the ocean, whereas cranes can fly unhindered everywhere they wish, so we may think. Cranes cannot explore the depth of the ocean whereas sea turtles do exactly that. Both, cranes and turtles are separated in …
Polar bears are creatures of the North that are affected by the changes in the climate. Soon we will think of them only as mythical creatures like the ones seen in the stars on the firmament. Nature and culture begin to fall out of balance. “To the Eskimos the stars are not just put in …
Prey and Predator are all beautiful and beastly at the same time, but without both the system would collapse. The viewpoint of the viewer of my pictures of the mandala series is important, and the pieces force viewer to consider the opposite viewpoint.
The fox is dreaming about his existence. He has front legs of a rabbit and not those of a fox because he feels sympathy for the rabbits that he eats and tries to relate to them (evoking the proverb: “to be in someone else’s shoes”). When you look at his eyes, you can see that …