2018 – Oil paint on panel – 122 x 92 cm

For years, I have found creating still lifes interesting, and I try to set myself the challenge of depicting difficult objects faithfully. Here, I tried to make an attractive arrangement out of a profusion of objects. The idea of including martens in the painting was born when I actually discovered a marten in the roof insulation. The idea came into my mind to strengthen the concept of perishability by using this marten: after all, it nearly cost me my insulation…