The Red Scarf
The Red Scarf was inspired by many books, but
greatly enriched by the book UNTOUCHED by
Mariana Caplan.
The question is - what are we becoming?
Where is our society leading us to?
Maria was a woman of Flesh & Blood, is an ode to
what we have as potential - what lies truly in our
souls.
I do not believe that the average human being is
created to be violent or anti-social.
I believe that our society creates the "monster".
Our whole system does not aim for social integration
any longer. When we read a book like Jean Liedloff's
CONTINUUM CONCEPT, we can see the difference
between typical Western society, and the way God
meant for us to live in harmony.
I have seen and experienced several kinds of abuse
such as sexism, racism, family violence, substance
abuse, etc, and after studying various stituations, I
think and feel, that the problem stems from one
major source - the lack of society to respect the
individual and its desperate need for a strong loving,
bonding family system
The problems will get worse, if we do not stop and
listen to our needs for genuine love. The strong need
for genuine love, most people try and substitute with
materialism, alcoholism and abuse towards others.
We need a society, which values life, realizes its
greatness, and actually tries to do something as a
joint venture, to obtain spiritual sustainability!
Starting with "love schools", there are many, many
Souls who need to realize that love is the only answer
. . so many Souls do not love themselves, and are
thus unable to appreciate the value of their essence!
The Red Scar(f) is symbolic of the warning colour red
. . . but the word SCAR if also so beautifully hidden in
it…
It is obvious that we are moving into dangerous
times now - the less we love ourselves, the more
loveless our society will become.
It is time for a Sustainable Family culture!
Maria was a Woman of Flesh & Blood
1998 Australia,
Renovated in Germany 2017
Acrylic on Canvas, App. 110 x 137cm
7000 Euro
The mother of God was HUman!!
It means to me that we all have the
potential to grow into GREAT beings in
this lifetime!
It means to me that we all have great
potentail, that we ALL have what it
takes to advance on the path to
Love and Universal understanding. …but
think a little further.. think of what you,
as a woman, can give the child you are
bearing in your body!
I am convinced, that the manner in
HOW your LOVE your parents,
your Family-Love-Culture,
becomes the Culture in which you are
connected to Source/God. If it is a gentle,
loving, kind, spiritually sustainable
CONSCIOUS culture, you will have an
amazing connection to the DIVINE:
IF NOT?
You will remain searching for something to
„fill you“…
German language has a word
for addcition:
Sucht. It can also mean „suche“ - search.
What is a Man?
Germany 1999, Acrylic on Canvas
App. 90 x 140cm
5800 Euro
The pose is challenging, and yet,
the body is vulnerable.
In South Africa, a woman or a child
was raped EVERY 28 seconds!!
The respect for women worldwide,
needs to be redefined…
You can judge a „civilisation“,
by how it treats its Women, Children &
Nature/ Environment
What is YOUR perception of "manliness"?
My Body is Me
Germany 1999,
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 76 x 90cm
"ANTI-MEDIA" Pose:
Not thin, not anorexic!
Soft, gentle & curvacious!
An "ANTI-MEDIA" pose,
revealing the most vulnerable and
beautiful part of a woman's body:
her belly and chest
- the MOST sacred part -
the giver and nurturer of Life.
In the Earth Culture before
Abrahamic religions, women who
were portrayed as skinny, were
seen as symbols of Death…
Women portrayed with fuller
curves, were symbols of Earth‘s
abundance and fertility.
What is Love?
2000 South Africa & Germany,
Acrylic on Canvas,
App. 100 x 120cm
A couple terrified of the "mistake" of intimacy. . .
making a mistake in their natural
inclinations and if they do, would they still
be accepted, would they still be good
enough to love? Shows the akwardness of
society's perceptions on love making . . .
our UNBELIEVABLE fear of getting intimate,
for it would show our Souls and who we
are, and destroy our walls
for a second or more….
Think of Shame
2000 South Africa & Germany,
Acrylic on Canvas,
App.: 47 x 90cm
2700 Euro
The girl trusts her „uncle...“
He lives in in his own sad, selfish,
lonely cocoon.
He sees her as a woman.
His ego refuses to ackowledge respect
or her Sacred Trust she places in him.
After the abuse of Faith and temple,
she believes it to be her fault…
ALL Women are made the SAME way...
South Africa & Germany 2000,
Renovated 2017
Acrylic on Canvas ,
App. 94 x 100cm
6000Euro
They are, aren't they?
Mother's Body
Germany 1999,
Renovated 2017
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 90 x 135cm
7500 Euros
Painting this I thought of how
wonderfully M. Caplan described
the woman's body, how it needs
to be stroked and loved so that it
& its spirit can flourish!
The Red Scarf in all the paintings:
The Red Scarf if a metaphor for
our scars…
The scarf is sometimes used to
hide our feelings, our vulnerabilities,
our instincts, our passions,
our TRUE NATURE and our Souls,
which automatically die when we
disregard the wisdom of the
human body!
An Ode to the Grand-Mother
Germany 2018,
Acrylic on Canvas ,
App. 98 x 128cm
7000Euro
Briefly exhibited here, i have decided
to rather FIRST translate its meaning,
before I publicly exhibit her…
By doing so, I have discovered that
hearing & listening to these amazing
„translations“, i.e. Life Stories,
Inspirations & Memories,
my Ode has become so MUCH more!
Our „cultures“ would never have
evolved without these amazing
individuals!
An Ode to GrandMother Earth
Germany 2018,
Acrylic on Canvas ,
App. 98 x 128cm
7000Euros
What would we be without her…?
We have lost so MUCH touch with her,
and ourselves…
Sacred Grail
Germany 2021
Oil on old wood boards,
App. 80 x 134cm
3000Euros
The symbol of the skull…
The symbols of the sacred energies
The Apple for Consciousness
Leaves for shame
Ancient fruits
The Rose of Sharon
The wildness of Nature
The Sacredness of Trees and
the crucifixion of Nature
Heart sees The Ripening
Germany 1999,
Renovated 2017
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 105 x 120cm
6000 Euros
Heart sees The Ripening… is an Ode
to the evolvement of THE RIPENING…
When BOTH Minds & Bodies,
reach a ripeness for a healthy,
sustainable Relationship…