His thoughts have hatched

This work is part of the Bearded Men series, a series of portraits of – who would have thought! – men featuring (a lot of) facial hair. It is also a study of how a beard can symbolize many things – manhood, growth, wisdom, longing… Furthermore, the series shows stations of a relationship in a surrealisticly symbolic way.

Some thoughts about the piece:

• visual representation of hatching thoughts
• ideas need time; they take shape, they change…
• thoughts are often elusive and frail
• the (white) beard as a symbol for the wise man, the thinker

The journey of the piece:

This piece traveled to Skopje, Macedonia, in summer 2016 and was shown at Paratissima 3.