What preceded this painting.

 

During the search finding my personal themes I played with the idea of a series rough oilpaintings with ​​'full-sized' naked bodies literally 'boxed in' within the framework of the painting. All models real life posing... I finally wanted a variety of people from young to old, mail and femail, all sizes and forms.

 

For the time being it did not go further than with my most loyal model: myself! It has to do for a tryout. During the painting process, I came up with the idea of ​​creating a complete maze over the entire composition to emphasize this mindset of Boxed In. An ultimately manageable visualization of the situation, but that for sure is soluble!

 

So ultimately optimistic because there are always possibilities and there is always reason for hope. Although at first glance it doesn't seem that way ...