"Talks About the Essence of Life" from the series "In the Lotus Land Original - Oil painting on board (gilded/silvered with schlagmetal petals, patina, oil, varnish) I love Lotus Flowers, I’m fascinated by them. Lotus flowers grow only in shallow waters, out of mud. The thicker and deeper the mud, the more beautiful the lotus blooms. It has been considered to be a sacred symbol of transformation, consciousness, purity, divinity, enlightenment...