Your upp is a unique personal painting, a custom made representation of the inner of a person.
The personality of the sitter of this painting, is displayed by color, symbols and (mythical) archetypes, depending on the persons preferences and favorites. All the information that is needed for the painting, is gathered in a personal conversation.
A your upp is made, with the intention to do good and inspire, the person who is central in the painting. The painting is provided with a written explanation.
Title: 'Ganesh-Taking the mickey'
The your upp of a man.
He is a tax advisor, a socially involved vivant. He often thinks back with pleasure on a cycling trip through Sri Lanka. The yourupp is for in his office.
Ganesh is the Hindu god of wisdom and happiness, remover of obstacles. The mount of Ganesh is a mouse. In the painting, this mouse took the form of the western archetype Mickey Mouse. "Taking the Mickey" is an Australian expression for a good joke or trick.
On the corners of the painting there are stickers attached, used to repair flat bicycle tires.
Reaction of the subject:
The intention was that the painting would be hung in the back of my office. However, it is now hanging in front of me for a few years and I look at it every day with pleasure.
Title: 'The butterfly lifts the cat'
Your upp of a woman.
She is a director of a primary school, dedicated, warm and musical. She likes to travel and is interested in other cultures. She loves cats, colors of the desert and the sun. The interior of her
house is black and white.
“The mountain is heavy but the butterfly lifts the cat” is an old Chinese proverb represented through the yin yang sign. This sign is also a reference to the two companions of Freia, the Scandinavian goddess of love. These companions were a white and a black cat.
The archetype Freia comes back in the musical score. It is a motif from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen: Freia and the golden apples.
Another archetype is the Egyptian cat-goddess, Bastet. She was the daughter of the sun god Ra. The butterfly wing refers to the story of La Mariposa of Pinkola Clarissa Estés.
Reaction of the subject:
I see things in the painting which I did not tell.