trees-trusses1 Painting

This work is part of a series of 12 paintings called 'fortress of foam'.They depict fortresses that can be personal or collective, physical or imaginary, archetypical or unexpected. Soft frames of foam embrace and protect small-sized paintings and collages arranged in pairs. Every pair depicts a little story, a thought, an association or impression, a haiku-like expression of the concept of fortress. Trees in the snow forming a protective, almost ritual circle, houses of a village, providing the shelter of a community; the industrial power of a factory mirroring the power of a historic fortification; the spiritual strength radiating from an ancient monastery and from timeless religious symbols; landscapes made of stone and water, where reality and dream meet.