The Red Scarf was inspired by many books, but
greatly enriched by the book UNTOUCHED by
Mariana Caplan.
Maria was a Woman of Flesh & Blood
The mother of God was HUman!!
It means to me that we all have the
potential to grow into GREAT beings in
this lifetime!
It means to me that we all have great
potentail, that we ALL have what it
takes to advance on the path to
Love and Universal understanding. …but
think a little further.. think of what you,
as a woman, can give the child you are
bearing in your body!
I am convinced, that the manner in
HOW you LOVE your parents,
your Family-Love-Culture,
becomes the Culture in which you are
connected to Source/God. If it is a gentle,
loving, kind, spiritually sustainable
CONSCIOUS culture, you will have an
amazing connection to the D I V I N E & Life:
IF NOT?
You will remain searching for something to
„fill you“…
German language has a word for addcition:
Sucht. It can also mean „suche“ - search.
What is a Man?
The pose is challenging, and yet,
the body is actually very vulnerable.
Before I left South Africa, a woman or a child
was raped EVERY 28 seconds!!
The respect for women worldwide, desperately
needs to be redefined…
You can judge a „civilisation“,
by how it treats its Women, Children &
Nature/ Environment.
What is YOUR perception of "manliness"?
As a Mother of a son, I have asked myself
for decades now, is it the „Mother‘s Role“,
which needs more consciousness, and support,
to set free Men of Virtue into the world…?
I have come to the conclusion, that a chauvinist is an
extremely lonely creature! I would hate for our son to be lonely…
I have been seeking for the legend of the Sacred Masculine for
a while now.
We are bound by Mother Nature herself, to be together…
Men and Women need each other!
Despite the ambitious plans some scientists have to have
men bear children from their bodies…
There seems to be a sad world ahead, if we don‘t realize that each
of us needs to fulfill a sacred space and role in each others lives.
Nature planned it that the line of a male which abuses/traumatises its young,
(because the DNA gets damaged,) eventually dies off.
In all our technology and advancements, why is this not taught in schools?
ALL Women are made
the SAME way...
They are, aren't they?
When I painted this in 2000,
I had no idea that we would
be approaching times,
where defining a woman, would not
be based on scientific genetics…
I wanted to unify Women,
to remind them that we are
all HUman,
Sisters, Mothers, Daughters, Aunts,
Nieces - all made the same way by
Mother Nature.
How could I have possibly thought
that politics could/would be so
confusing…?
I have shared many thoughts on
these debates in my library of this
painting in Telegram.
To see more of the Exhibition,
please go to:
t.me/AfrikanHeart
Think of Shame
The girl trusts her „uncle...“
He is as old as her Mother… Her Father is
in a condition of rage and depression, fighting
off the ghosts from his childhood. He is incapable
of being there for his daughter!
The girl is 13. She needs a gentle ear, a masculine
figure, who will gladly listen to her, make her smile,
even laugh… but she does not know, that his „warmth“
is sick, and basically just „bait“!
He lives in in his own sad, selfish, fantasy filled, lonely
cocoon… Perhaps, he himself is still only 14?
He sees her as a woman… His ego refuses to
ackowledge her young age, let alone, respect or her
Sacred Trust she blindly places in him…
After the abuse of Faith and temple,
she believes it to be her fault…
How many young girls or boys, go through
this?
What support system do they have?
WHY is it so extremely difficult for them to
seek help?
Mainstream has chosen to ignore a world
famous couple who sold innocent, desperate
young girls to famous, rich men.
WHAT kind of a „civilisation“ does that make us?
Mother's Body
Spiritual Sustainability
= 7 generations thinking:
The Ancient Principle of
Cause and Effect:
" We are born of Love;
Love is our Mother."
Jalal-Din Muhammed Rumi
1207 - 1273
Painting this I thought of how
wonderfully M. Caplan described
the woman's body, how it needs
to be stroked and loved so that it
& its spirit can flourish!
The Red Scarf in all the paintings:
The Red Scarf if a metaphor for
our scars…
The scarf is sometimes used to
hide our feelings, our vulnerabilities,
our instincts, our passions,
our TRUE NATURE and our Souls,
which automatically die when we
disregard the wisdom of the
human body!
An Ode to the Grand-Mother
Our „cultures“ would never have evolved
without these amazing individuals!
On the right is a link to the translation
and deeper meaning, of the painting.
I have discovered that hearing &
listening to these amazing „translations“,
i.e. Life Stories, Inspirations & Memories,
my Ode has become so MUCH more!
An Ode to the Grand-Mother
Germany 2018,
Acrylic on Canvas ,
App. 98 x 128cm
7000 €
An Ode to GrandMother Earth
What would we be without her…?
We have lost so MUCH touch with her,
and ourselves…
An Ode to GrandMother Earth
Germany 2018,
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 98 x 128cm
7000 €
Sacred Grail
The symbol of the skull…
The symbols of the sacred energies
The Apple for Consciousness
Leaves for shame
Ancient fruits
The Rose of Sharon
The wildness of Nature
The Sacredness of Trees and
the crucifixion of Nature
Many impressions, thoughts,
short movie clips and my research
resources library can be found here:
The Red Scarf
The question is - what are we becoming?
Where is our society leading us to?
Maria was a woman of Flesh & Blood, is an ode to
what we have as potential - what lies truly in our
souls… when raised by loving parents (!)
I do not believe that the average human being is
created to be violent or anti-social.
I believe that our society moulds the "monster".
Our whole system no longer not aims for sustainaible
social integration. When we read a book like Jean Liedloff's
CONTINUUM CONCEPT, we can see the difference
between typical Western society, and the way God
meant for us to live in harmony.
I have seen and experienced several kinds of abuse
such as sexism, racism, family violence, substance
abuse, etc, and after studying various stituations, I
think and feel, that the problem stems from one
major source - the lack of society to respect the
individual and its desperate need for a strong loving,
bonding family system - this ancient system, we call
uBuntu in Afrika.
The problems will get worse, if we do not stop and
listen to our needs for uBuntu love. The strong need
for genuine love, most people try and substitute with
materialism, alcoholism and abuse towards others.
We need a society, which values life, realizes its
greatness, and actually tries to do something as a
joint venture, to obtain spiritual sustainability!
Starting with "love schools", there are many, many
Souls who need to realize that love is the only answer
. . so many Souls do not love themselves, and are
thus unable to appreciate the value of their essence!
The Red Scar(f) is symbolic of the warning colour red
. . . but the word SCAR if also so beautifully hidden in
it…
All is an Illusion, and we are disillusioned in our way
of Life, yet, only fractions away of realising what lies
behind the Veil…
It is obvious that we are moving into dangerous
times now - the less we love ourselves, the more
loveless our society will become.
It is time for a Sustainable Family culture!
It is time for uBuntu to become more Conscious!
uBuntu means, I am because you are.
1998 Maria was a Woman of Flesh & Blood
1998 Australia,
Renovated in Germany 2017
Acrylic on Canvas, App. 110 x 137cm
7000 €
Mother's Body
Germany 1999,
Renovated 2017
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 90 x 135cm
7500 €
Exhibited at the Afrikan Heart Exhibition
Neureut Milchhäusle, January 2022
Heart sees The Ripening
Heart sees The Ripening… is an Ode
to the evolvement of THE RIPENING…
When BOTH Minds & Bodies,
reach a ripeness for a healthy,
sustainable Relationship…
The importance of Self-Love…
What is a Man?
Germany 1999,
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 90 x 140cm
5800 €
Heart sees The Ripening
Germany 1999,
Renovated 2017
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 105 x 120cm
6000 €
ALL Women are made the SAME way...
South Africa & Germany 2000
Renovated 2017
Acrylic on Canvas ,
App. 95 x 100cm
6000 €
Think of Shame
2000 South Africa & Germany,
Acrylic on Canvas,
App.: 47 x 90cm
2700 €
Trauma
1999-2000 Germany,
Brabed wire, clay, gipsom, wood
400 €
Trauma
I deliberately placed the sharp and painful
sculpture beside the TREE OF LIFE - the Mind.
The Mind is a sacred place. I believe it to be
the most important asset that any
HUman Being has!
The Mind can be your Prison or your Paradise…
In the ancient cosmic teachings of Thoth,
it is believed to be the first and most crucial
cosmic Principle: All is Mind.
And yet, it is not considered to have a conscious
value by most… it is mostly taken for granted!
Our Mother taught us that we should
consider our Mind to be a pristine,
white carpet: You would not let anyone come
in and (dumb/)dump waste all over it?
And yet that is what we do!
Trauma: The girl trusts her „uncle...“
Trauma is not always visible from the outside.
This is how I feel it looks like from the inside.
I grew up with many people who had some
or other kind of trauma… it was not always
visible. The emotional damage and dumbing
of Mind through trauma is seldom considered
or reflected upon… it can also be used as a
weapon…! (and has been for centuries!)
One of the most phenomenal Minds I
explored who was able to bring across the
potent meaning of trauma, to be able to
understand it or heal trauma,
is Dr Bessel Van Der Kolk.
Sacred Grail
Germany 2021
Oil on old wood boards,
App. 80 x 134cm
3000 €
2016 Art Peace The Ancestors
- Family is ONE Body
Germany 2016
Ceramic, App. 39cm
500 €
2016 Art Peace The Ancestors
- Family is ONE Body
Bomb Boy
Germany 2015
Ceramic
App. 25cm
400 €
Sacred Grail
The symbol of the skull…
The symbols of the sacred energies
The Apple for Consciousness
Leaves for shame
Ancient fruits
The Rose of Sharon
The wildness of Nature
The Sacredness of Trees and
the crucifixion of Nature
The Goddess
Germany 2021
Acrylic on Canvas
App. 80 x 129cm
3000 €
The Goddess
Years ago I remember reading a Bruce Chatwin
book where he described the ancient Patagonian
civilisation and how they would throw flowers on
the path of pregnant women…
It has taken me many years of reflection and
personal experiences as well as deep listening and
observation to comprehend and understand the
undeniable value of those authentically sustainable
gestures!
7 Generation Thinking Feeling Actions/Gestures
"Science suggests the next step
of human evolution will be marked
by awareness that we are all
interdependent cells within the
super-organism called humanty."
Dr Bruce Lipton
& Steve Bhaerman
I had no idea what I was forming when I made
this sculpture. My brain wave was in alpha. When
I finally returned to beta brain wave, I was confused
by what I had formed. There was no message of love
or divinity before me, and it reminded me of
Phan Thi Phúc (the girl burned by napalm who ran
down the road in Vietnam in June1972…)
I asked the source from whence it came to give me a
name: „Bomb Boy“ was the answer.
A few years later, I was telling someone about it.
A week before, he had read up on the name of
the first atomic bomb, Little Boy…
How extremely sad and perverse, to name an
abomination after a blessing!
"War is an Economy!“ A quote from the movie War Dogs
Never waste a good enemy…
uBuntu Angel
Germany 2006
Ceramic
App. 25cm
350 €
uBuntu Angel
uBuntu means:
I am because you are
An authnethic and sustainable culture…
No politics necessary.
Inspired by the Egyptian goddess Ma'at,
who was an embodiment of the standards
of order, morality, and balance, which were
of utmost importance to the structure and
functioning of Egyptian society…
7th Hermetical Principle
Germany 2021
Acrylic on Canvas
45 x 125cm & 45 x 125cm
Work in progress…