Die kleine Prinzessin

The painting depicts the transition in a girl's development from childhood to adulthood. Behind her on the shelf are the props of the lost childhood, carelessly left behind. She feels like a princess, to whom seemingly all possibilities are open. Yet the crown, made by herself from a tin can, is not real — the danger lies in an inflated sense of self that does not yet possess the required experience and maturity. For the path that lies before her leads in two very different directions: one is stony, i.e., it leads to materialism, represented by the banknote in the garter. The other path — the rose path — is the path of love, leading to a better world, symbolized by the light-filled forest and the unicorn as the symbolic animal of imagination. The warning that the enchanted Frog Prince whispers into her ear therefore reads: “All that Glitters is not Gold.” Not everything that glitters is gold! The enchanted frog wants and must be redeemed so that the higher self (prince) can be born. The golden ball on which he sits stands for the lost, golden world of childhood. The painting was, in 2010 on the occasion of an exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, awarded the bronze medal of the SOCIÉTÉS DES ARTISTES FRANCAIS.