"Trembling" is a difficult painting because it was created under the influence of a moving situation. I purchased a painting depicting an Alpine landscape, specifically a view of the Grandes Jorasses, at an online auction. The seller informed me that the painting's signature was illegible. However, it turned out that by examining the painting, I could read the signature and find information about the artist. It turned out that the painting I purchased was painted in the 1930s by one of the esteemed Nazi painters. The painting was also displayed at one of the notorious exhibitions presenting Nazi ideology, reported in the press at the time. For many years, the painting was in private hands in Munich, as evidenced by the frame, which was custom-made in the 1930s. This was a shock for me making me deeply trembling. I couldn't accept the knowledge that a painting bearing such macabre image was in my home. The context of that painting made it distractive. I decided to return the painting, which restored some of my peace. I realized, however, that the Alps, which I adore and admire, had nothing to do with this. Ideologically appropriated by the Nazis, they cannot be held responsible for crimes. But sometimes they tremble, remaining silent witnesses to human hatred. Sometimes their beauty turns into anxiety as if they were screaming to be left alone. So, "Trembling" is about mountains, which don't want to be perpetrators of violence, but sometimes they are. I think also of everyone who tried to escape from war and had only one way through mountains. How many people have committed suicide by jumping from a height. Studies around the world say that the most common form of suicide is jumping from a height. You may see in my painting a pinkish-white splash of color cascading from the rock on the left side of the painting, and you might think it doesn't fit in with the rest, which is almost monochromatic. It's just that people who don't fit in bring in other colors and make the world diverse. This is what nature is like - multi-colored, not single-colored just as love is. I dedicate my painting "Trembling" to the memory of all those who experienced someone's hatred, because of their own love, because of who they were without harming anyone, because the didn't fit in with the majority.
