Who is me?

Antanas, 5 months ago

excellent, not words

MaryO, 5 months ago

Excellent, a loving picture with such a brightness within.
The start of a lifelong soul searching, what an exciting journey.

helene ruiz, 5 months ago

very nice!!

maka1967, 5 months ago

Who am I? Why I am here? What is human consciousness? The deepest questions. Who can answer? It’s the fundamental searching by mankind, the eternity. It an irony that the creator seems don’t want us to know. So we limit ourselves in the wandering through the labyrinths of life.

You created me with restrains, by giving me life only added my confusion. – Khayaam

Anyway we have to find out the beautiful reasons of living.

One of the best work I have ever seen. It’s philosophy in art or art in philosophy. What more is human beings capable?

Helene Kippert, 5 months ago

I’m loving these collages Martin – you express so much in these visions you create!

Per Einar Gunn..., 5 months ago

Excellent work!

Susan Grissom, 5 months ago

I hope this won’t be the last, these are wonderful explorations. I love the depth and mystery in them, beautiful!

Sorina Williams, 5 months ago

I hope you are closer to the answer. Wonderful collage. I love the mirror held to the little boy’s face.

madvlad, 5 months ago

lord .so many looking, it seems we have at last have come to know toys,were only toys of distraction, and we need to put them down, and reflect,on the toy player, this is where our fly boy is, and where if we live long enough,we all take a momnet, and look down this path if self,and see if we dare to go there, good that you are my friend, never too late to find,magic and you, nice photo speaking volums colective needs,primal and here,and now in time

Marilyn Brown, 5 months ago

Beautiful Flyboy. I love your treatment of the photograph. You have turned a photo into a poem.

shanghaiwu, 5 months ago

oh maka /I agree with your words and flyboy…....what can I say but this beautiful work make me tingle…........and think

you are special

madvlad, 5 months ago

thank you for the compliment my friend, today is the openning and we are suposed to be getting 8 inches of new snow so maybe the openning will have to be canceled? its ok lifes little irritaions but at lest if is now hung for a month of showing that is enough take care here is is absolutly miserable with a months or more of snow this is the worst winter since 92-93 when we had 97 inches that winter

Jeff Burns, 5 months ago

Amazing work this is fabulous. Love it

Rany Lutz, 5 months ago

I love these old photos….great idea to use them. Lovely!!!

Mel Brackstone, 5 months ago

What a gorgeous piece of work! Beautifully done, now I have to go back to look at the rest!

Paul Vanzella, 5 months ago

This is just brilliant… the way the characters emerge – and the texture and tone around them is perfect.. yes, love this!!!

Martin Derksema, 5 months ago

Thanks a million, all of you. You are all so generous.

Mara Panich, 5 months ago

Is me the person in the mirror? who knows. What I do know is that your work is fantastic. I just love your collages.

Martin Derksema, 5 months ago

Thanks a lot, Mara. You are very kind to me.

Joyce Dickens,..., 5 months ago

Incredible collage; the beginning of a new era captured for eternity…..excellent work on this piece!

madvlad, 5 months ago

thanks martin for your visit, hope things are lining up for you? here the sun is at last out hooray but it is cold and no snow is melting yet? stay warm i am trying! pax

Rusty Woodward..., 5 months ago

Hello Martin! How’s things? This is a charming collage and quite profound somehow. I love it!

Martin Derksema in reply to Rusty Woodward Gladdish’s comment, 5 months ago

I am doing fine. I think … not sure. Unhealthy busy, not much time to play with art. Hope you are doing well!

madvlad, 5 months ago

ho pal, hope plans are coming along? and all is well here 17o,f and cold but sunny so far take care of martin!

MrJoop, 5 months ago

I see you avoided making it: Reflecting on the past ! and a good thing too.
I like the idea that you’ll be stepping through the looking glass into another world in the not too distant future!!

Martin Derksema in reply to MrJoop’s comment, 5 months ago

Thanks, MrJoop. I sure hope I will.

Jeremy Harrington, 5 months ago

this is great.. very nice work

Renate Dartois, 5 months ago

beautiful nostalgic image martin.

madvlad, 4 months ago

yo! martin, hope you are ok, here the flu is spreading too lots have it, it was in the local paper too, so i am hiding out in my cave till spring, thank you for your comments, i am happy ypou seemed to have survived wow your tough! goooood! nice man,would not want to lose yah now get busy and do art

Azzurra, 4 months ago

your works are really interesting,,,love how you have incorporated the old photographs…very creative

BLYTHART, 4 months ago

That’s something we all ask ourselves at some stage. This is very effective.

Jase812, 4 months ago

Hell flyboy ! this is outstanding art . BRILLIANT ! well done.

Martin Derksema in reply to Jase812’s comment, 4 months ago

Thanks Jase812 for all the beautiful comments. Gives me a great energy boost again.

Ruth Palmer, 4 months ago

This is just beautifully done! I’ve missed so much while I’ve been away. Wonderful work!

Jean M. Laffitau, 3 months ago

Wow, gorgeous work!!!

Elaine van Dyk, 3 months ago

Martin, this is fantastic! So many interpretations can be applied to this work, but for me it seems like the adult (you) being represented by the child (you again), looking at himself in the mirror and trying to see who he really is. Or perhaps wishing as a child that the mirror could show you the future. The woman (I assume this is your mother) is smiling, and if one concentrates on just that, all seems to be fine. But somehow the image as a whole really scratches at my insides, like a dark and sinister secret.

Martin Derksema, 3 months ago

Thanks a million, Elaine, for all your beautiful comments. Means a lot coming from you. Love your analysis. Yeah, me trying to figure out who the hell I really am. And, yeah, there is a lot of trouble in paradise. Sinister indeed.

nanarhodes, 3 months ago

This is GOOD …...I really like this work

desginbynicole, 3 months ago

wow this is wonderful…....you have some great great work!!!

Nicole

majo, 3 months ago

mooi ik denk dat ik weet wie van de 2 je bent.
ZIet er een feestdag uit.
the dutch connetion-groep

Rich Gale, 3 months ago

you have created a wonderful image here fantastic work well done.

Rosina Lamberti, 2 months ago

Amazing work this is fabulous. Love it