Circle of Life

In my work Circle of Life, the golden-yellow shimmering fish stands at the center. I deliberately placed it centrally on a white plate and depicted it from above, so that it appears as a silent symbol – a closed, quiet motif reminiscent of the eternal cycle of life.

The plate rests on warm, rustic wooden boards, whose reddish-brown and golden tones surround the fish like a natural space. The different textures and darker spots create for me an earthy, familiar atmosphere.

In this painting, nature and culture meet quite directly: the being of the fish, still with its own luster, and the human gesture of presenting it. It is precisely this tension that fascinates me – it constitutes for me the core of the Circle of Life.