Inspired by a reading of a text that Konen had read at the 4th IQBC, an image arose in my mind that was meant to be on the canvas, see iqbc.org/schedule-2024/.
I had inherited Meyers Konversationslexikon from my father ages ago, as he had from his father (Meyers Konversationslexikon, 20 volumes, Leipzig, Vienna 1905-1908). I had been allowed to explore it as a small child and was particularly fascinated by the pictures of the birds of paradise that my father painted on small porcelain bowls.
This inspiration also went into the painting.
2024, oil on canvas, 50×70 cm