The Inner Glow - Hans Henrik Fischer
Brand new art print by Hans Henrik Fischer. The art print is made after the original oil painting with the same title, which was exhibited at the art fair Art Herning 2023.
'The Inner Glow' is a beautiful portrait. In this work, a girl with big, bright eyes is seen holding a burning candle in front of her in a dark room. The girl is surrounded by darkness but equipped with a lit candle, so that she can presumably figure her way out of the darkness. She is painted with a snake from her chest all the way up her face, which can symbolize a trauma or a difficult challenge.
The title 'The Inner Glow' may refer to the girl having an inner strength - a strength that can take her out of the darkness. However, it is entirely up to the individual how the artwork is to be interpreted.
When the artist so often paints children, it is an expression of symbolism, where the child is a figurative, realistic symbol of the unspoiled. Children symbolize something pure and innocent that is polluted, corrupted and destroyed by growing up in our culture.