Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Zia

Zia
oil on stretched canvas (linen)
100 x 80 cm
2012


I had the new (old) idea to portrait people in their vocation. First I deliberated who to paint, then I had a flash of genius. Hey, I know some really interesting people, why not paint them? So Zia ist one of my first. As always in my painting it´s not that clear what exactly she´s doing. That´s me and my way to picture things. Not able to fathom at the very first sight what it is. It needs some more sights. Zia is a genius with plants. She sells them, she designs gardens, she has a unique way in this area. It was inevitable to paint her as some kind of goddess *ggg* When I look at this picture I think: Gaia. But of course she has an evil side just like everyone. She loves murdering. No, not by herself. She leaves that to other talented persons in form of books and movies. She loves murder mysteries. So don´t read the book as an ... uh ... unkind word. That´s only in English that way ;-) It´s not a bad word at all but a poison. So I decided to chain the very important aspects: plants and murder. The link is a very harmless looking plant in her hand, all beautiful and so deadly. It´s linked to greek mythology, it´s linked to poison and the book title and it´s linked to plants. Aconitum napellus. I hope Zia appreciates this picture, she was so kind to give permission to paint her. She didn´t even know the outcome of this all, it was all in my evil hand. ;-)