Hands 2023 (Painted in Adobe Fresco) The images come to my mind as mental images and I transfer the image into a drawing and a painting, which is an interpretation of my mental image. A picture is like a thought without words. When I photograph them, they begin to serialize. These symbolic mental images do not translate directly into words. There may be a verbal explanation for them later. However, I avoid making an interpretation, either completely or too soon.