Gandhi & Mandela Print

Peace and Equality The autobiographies of Gandhi and Mandela speak of grit and determination to right the wrongs in this world. Stories are like pebbles in a sling that can make us cross the barriers of time. They bring us memories from the past and can take us to magical lands that don’t exist. We experience stories with feelings that are sometimes real and often imagined. In this series of paintings, I draw inspiration from mythology, history and fiction that provide a frame to our life in the present. We are the carriers of history and literature, the windows that will showcase our times to the future. The sparrows in the paintings are you, the viewer and me, as we watch the times pass by. Like sparrows, our presence here is fleeting. Let's treasure and cherish that which is timeless...’