Garden Gate Island
Paradisi porta insula 2021 Oil on Canvas Format: 30x24 cm Paintings and Text: Gian Michael Merlevede Garden Gate Island, Detail
2021 Oil on Canvas Garden Gate Island, Detail
2021 Oil on Canvas Garden Gate Island, Detail
2021 Oil on Canvas Garden Gate Island, Detail
2021 Oil on Canvas |
Garden Gate Island
- Paradisi porta insula - Yearnings of the soul - About this painting This small oil painting belongs to the My Yearning Places Series. The Feeling of 'Sehnsucht' cristallized in my work since 2016. (German pronunciation: [ˈzeːnˌzʊxt])
„Wounded people carry a deep sense of longing ['Sehnsucht'] within. Anguish and yearnings have a lot to do with each other. In some sense they presuppose each other, as pain leads us to our longings and our longings make us more aware of our pain.“ From "Das Geheimnis deiner Stärke – Wie Gott deine Lebensgeschichte gebrauchen will" by Thomas Härry, Edition Aufatmen & SCM-Verlag, Witten, fourth edition 2011 [2009]), page 107. Translation: G.M.Merlevede. [Original quotation in German] Locus amoenus In Literature and general culture the theme of locus amoenus (Latin for 'pleasant garden/place') has been widespread. The opposite pole is the literary topos of locus terribilis (Latin for 'terrible place'). The My Yearning Places Series includes both paintings and drawings. The paintings are made in oil or with acrylics, carried out on canvas and on paper. The drawings are mainly executed with pencil on paper (in some cases also by means of black Conté chalk, charcoal or colored pencils). |
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