Sorry for not too good resolution.
Most of my paintings are about the woman, her light and dark sides. I must admit I find the dark sides much more interesting to deal with as there are lots of secrets and tabus here.
The left side of the painting represents the woman's past. The right represents the future. The dog represents the intuition, the dog is the spiritual guide. (As you can easily see, Lea is used here as a model because I can "place" her in any position I want).
The woman here is trapped in her past and refuses to look into the future. The past works as her jail. The woman lacks courage to acknowledge her own power and get out of her self-destructive thoughts and actions. The shoes taken off symbolize the woman's denial of her own capacities (sexually, socially, economically, artistically, etc). She has no face which also implies she may be seen upon as an object.
Look at the dog: it is almost like it says: hurry up, come with me, I am leaving if you don't wake up. I'm waiting maybe a minute more and then I'm gone.
But there also is a hope represented by the ancient ruin which is about to fall. We can see the first falling stones. One can find a parallel with "The Tower" card in Tarot. The card tells your present is about to collapse, and most people fear this card. But this is often a misinterpretation. In order to change one's life to the good, you often need to destroy the bad.
Contact me if you may be interested in purchasing this work, framed or unfraimed. I can provide high-resolution photo with all the details, as they are rather hard to see here.
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