Hemingway is my favourite writer, and a constant inspiration. In 2014, I created a retrospective exhibition. One of the pieces was a painting re-interpreting the 1938 short story “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” and a series of photographs of Hemingway on a hunting trip, posing with a leopard. I used warm colors, as the leopard print was the main theme and the element I wanted to highlight.
This painting to me represents the inevitable yet always fascinating clash of man and nature; Of intellect and emotions; Of social norms and basic instincts.
With these thoughts in mind, I created The Hemingway Collection. The colors are of the wild and natural: Rich greens, deep yellows, pale pinks. The Tortoise Shell - my variation to the leopard print - is a recurring pattern in many models. The frame shapes and matte finish, on the other hand, represent the intellectual, tamed and structural.
This painting to me represents the inevitable yet always fascinating clash of man and nature; Of intellect and emotions; Of social norms and basic instincts.
With these thoughts in mind, I created The Hemingway Collection. The colors are of the wild and natural: Rich greens, deep yellows, pale pinks. The Tortoise Shell - my variation to the leopard print - is a recurring pattern in many models. The frame shapes and matte finish, on the other hand, represent the intellectual, tamed and structural.