A SHADOW SIDE

A SHADOW SIDE
CHANGING STATES

Acrylics on canvas
100 cm (h) x 80 cm (w)
Year of production: 2025


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Description

Elli lives in the shadow of her brother Jaap—a brilliant moral philosopher and university professor. Determined to match him, she dives into her studies with fierce dedication. “I want to do better in theology than Jaap in philosophy,” she once said. She works tirelessly, writes book after book, and is praised for her originality. Still, recognition remains elusive. A rare compliment deeply moves her: “The most laudatory critique I’ve ever received.” Beneath it all is a quiet hunger—for intellectual validation, perhaps most of all from her father.


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