These three works were created in Aruba and later acquired together by a private collector in Oslo, Norway. Each painting measures 100 × 160 cm.

Luxury and Necessity

Created in Aruba

Will he choose the pearls or the fish?

Luxury and Necessity asks a simple question about value. Pearls represent beauty, wealth and luxury, while the fish represents something far more fundamental: food and survival.

Behind this playful choice lies a more serious reality. Aruba may look like paradise, but for many street dogs, daily life is a struggle. They roam the island searching for food, water and shade, often injured, sick or simply forgotten.

The painting asks us to consider the difference between what we want and what we need. What is precious to one may have no value to another, while something as simple as food can mean everything when survival is at stake.

These animals do not have a voice, but we do.

Time Watchers

Created in Aruba

Two enormous eyes immediately draw us into Time Watchers. The two birds appear almost like guardians, standing side by side and looking directly back at us. Their circular eyes resemble clocks, suggesting the constant passing and observation of time.

Around them is a world filled with handwritten words, symbols, patterns and layers of colour. The longer we look, the more there is to discover.

But who is really watching whom?

The birds seem to observe us as much as we observe them. They stand still while time continues around them, turning the painting into a reflection on watching, waiting and the moments that pass before our eyes.

Fishingcage

Created in Aruba

Fishingcage pulls the viewer into a crowded world of faces, creatures, symbols and countless tiny details. At its centre is a large circular structure containing a fish—a form that can be read as both a fishing net and a cage.

Around it, life seems to multiply endlessly. Faces look in different directions, figures overlap, and patterns flow into one another, creating the feeling of an entire world compressed onto the canvas.

The fish at the centre raises a simple but unsettling question:

Is it protected inside its cage, or trapped by it?

Fishingcage invites us to come closer and keep looking. From a distance we see one image; up close, countless smaller stories begin to emerge.