Two paintings, each 165 x 165 cm,

two painting, 167,5 x 183 cm,

one painting, 153 x 183,5 cm, 2002,

Acrylic, Pigments on Jute

Series: Forty days after death

In the Russian Orthodox church, the fortieth day after death is celebrated as the moment when the soul leaves the body.

I have tried to render what this moment might look like in a series of large bi-coloured diptychs.