"It's not accurate to say that the artist find his own theme. The theme matures in him as a result and begins to request to be expressed" ~Andrej Tarkovskij
‘Orpheus’ dwelled with me for a very long time. Rilke’s poem; Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes, is one of my favourites. How to give expression to ‘... but there in the distance, dark against the bright exit...’
that tragic moment, when, almost having reached the light and escape from the under world, Orpheus looks back...
‘Orpheus’ mixed media on clay board, Olga Everaert