In 2025 I started a new project Guardians of Nature & Wisdom, of which the first painting, Queen of Peonies, has been completed.

For years, I found myself caught between two seemingly opposing desires: the need to create work of undeniable beauty—work that would be seen, recognised, and celebrated—and a deeper longing to speak something true, something that transcended my own ego and reached toward something larger than myself. My art became the space where these two truths finally reconciled. The Guardians of Nature & Wisdom series emerged from this convergence. It is not about depicting beauty for beauty's sake, nor is it about making statements so abstract they lose their power to move the heart. Instead, these works are an attempt to render visible what is sacred, what deserves protection, and what holds wisdom we have collectively forgotten. Each painting in this series portrays a guardian—a feminine archetype who watches over an essential truth of nature and human consciousness. The first painting of this ongoing series 'Queen of Peonies, is the  Guardian of Nourishment and Growth and embodies the patient, generative force of the earth. Peonies, which live for a century, teach us about longevity, resilience, and the power of waiting for the right season to bloom. She is not rushed. She is rooted.

The second Guardian which I'm working on, is the Queen of Doves, a  Guardian of Peace and Transcendence which carries the quieter wisdom—the knowledge that within stillness lies profound understanding. Doves speak of unity, gentleness, and a spiritual awareness that sees beyond the material world into something luminous and connected. There will be more guardians. Each work is both a meditation on a particular element of nature and an invitation to viewers to reconsider their relationship with the world. I use the language of symbol and archetype because these speak to something ancient within us—the part that remembers we are part of something sacred, not separate from it. The choice to work within classical portraiture is deliberate. I want this wisdom to feel accessible, to be recognized as valuable through the lens of the beauty that has historically held power and significance. But by shifting the gaze—away from pure representation toward symbolic meaning—I am asking viewers to look deeper, to understand that what appears at first glance is only the surface of a much deeper truth. . The act of painting these guardians is itself a ritual of honoring what matters: the intelligence of nature, the preservation of wisdom, the recognition that we are all stewards—guardians—of a world far more precious than we often admit. If my work succeeds, it offers a moment of pause. A moment where the viewer might feel reconnected to something true, something beautiful, and something that asks us all: What are we here to protect? 

Guardians of Nature & Wisdom is an ongoing painting series in which female archetypes are portrayed as custodians of natural and spiritual knowledge. Each work is a timeless portrait that refers to what seeks to be protected, remembered, and passed on.

The women are not individual figures, but embodied forces. They represent aspects of nature, wisdom, and responsibility that may once again be brought into view in our time.

The circular panels enhance the cyclical and archetypal nature of the work.

'Queen of Peonies' - oil on panel (60 cm)

€4.500,-