The fool
I’ve got something with eye’s and flowers, as you will notice when I upload more work. This one is, clearly, inspired by the Tarot card with the same name. It’s a 100% watercolour painting.
I wanted to join up with a surrealism group here, but I’m not sure if this would fit in there. I always call it surrealism, but isn’t it more somewhere on the borderline between surrealism and fantasy art?
With this I’ve introduced the 3 main areas of my artistic endeavors on to RB: still life photography, travel photography and watercolor paintings. I’m calling it a day.
Cheers
detail at 100%
I would also like to focus your attention on RosaCobos incredibly beautiful and inspirational comment on this painting:
I can see that he sees….
I can feel that he is there waiting to open the egg of his own destiny.
But The Foold has not a destiny and he knows it!
The Eye…. peeing wide and wild the intensity of Life,
hidden behing the feminity of the flower..is tender and penetrating,
but not as much as he would love..
noone takes him seriously,
excepting the wise..
for you know. that famous quote…”The Fool that persists in his foolishness…..becomes wise”…....just I ponder about it.. and how come the wise can notice this…if his own wisedom makes him disregard such a vanity?
The fool belongs to the following groups:
Fantasy Art, Parallel Dimensions, Tarot: Map Of Consciousness and Water Media (Paintings by hand only) Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints





Pavlina
creative, like it very much
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you Pavlina, it’s like my live’s work. I’ve been drawing these, ehr, flowers for years. Don’t have many usable scans though.
Meiko Janke
I like it a lot!!
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks Meiko, this really means a lot as The Fool is getting the least attention in my portfolio here. Cheers!
Clark Takashima
Peter “Dali”? I’m so impressed on the creativity of this site’s member’s. Unreal, Surreal.. Like being in the world’s biggest art class! Thanks for the strokes! Aloha, CT
Peter Zentjens replied
That’s a huge compliment Clark, thank you so much.
Specially for one of my works that’s not getting much attention. This really means a lot to me.
alistair mcbride
Wonderful and surreal work,looks great.
Peter Zentjens replied
Many thanks Alistair.
Jase812
Fantastic well done.
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks a mill Jase812
mlgkats
very creative and well done
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks for the comment mlgkats.
mlgkats
you are very welcome
Paul Compton
Oh this is just gorgeous. Is it a daisy? This would make sense seeing as the word “daisy” means “the day’s eye”. Well done.
Peter Zentjens replied
I’m totally depressed now. I’ve painted a white rose and you think it’s a daisy. :(
Oh, well, it’s hard to let it look like a rose with a big heart in the middle, but I need some room for those eyes. ;)
So, no, the flower was based on a white rose but actually in the painting it’s not supposed to look like anything real anymore.
Anyway, I’m having you on and I love your comment, it’s fabulous that it sparked you imagination. Cheers.
Lim-Lim Andonovic
hehe
Peter Zentjens replied
lol
Suzanne German
Sheer brilliance Peter – wonderful watercolour painting….I love it!
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks again Suzanne, I really need to fix my hardware probs while waiting for my new computer so that I can upload more of my paintings.
Colin Cartwright
The fool’s eyeball, as the flower centre, and the earth as a bird’s egg, are both humorous and weird.
And a fried egg sun!!
Superb style and composition, Peter – and in my favourite medium.
A sure fave, to make me smile.
Peter Zentjens
A fried egg sun? I never looked at it that way!
Thank you so much for the compliments and appreciation of both my style and this work.
Rosina Lamberti
creative, like it,great work
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you Rosina
BLYTHART
This is very beautiful in a surrealist sense … I’d love to see more of these fantasy flowers … are there any displayed elsewhere, or maybe you will upload more onto Redbubble. I shall put you on my watchlist and wait patiently to see what you do next.
Peter Zentjens replied
Hi Blythart, thank you very much for your comment and for putting me on your watchlist. These fantasy flowers are something I’ve been drawing the better part of my life. Yet there are only 8 paintings in existence if I’m counting correctly. They will all appear here, eventually, but a few of them are framed and those will take a while before I get to scanning them. So, if you can’t wait, check out my website zgallery-art.com and look for “the bedroom collection”. Cheers.
BLYTHART
Peter .. I have just seen your bedroom collection and would suggest others may also like to take a look ... use Peter’s link for the main site and this if you wish to start with the flowers.
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you Blythart, the next one in line to be put up for sale as print etc here on redbubble will be “Circle of life”. The scan has been made but I need to calibrate my monitor and make sure the scan is clean before I can upload it.
thickblackoutline
this is so interesting, i really like your style a lot!
Peter Zentjens replied
Wow, thanks thickblackoutline.
I can’t wait to see what my style ends up like as a tattoo (see my journal), but , have to be patient for a few months before seeing that.
Cliff Vestergaard
Iove this . I used to do a lot of drawings like this, then I figured out how use photoshop. I should go back to the drawing board.
Peter Zentjens replied
So did I Cliff, but it’s so good to get away from the computer every now and again! Give the old drawing board another shot. You want regret it.
Thanks for the comment and sorry for not responding sooner, see my journal for the details.
pentangled
how did i not see this before? absolute genius, love the subtle colors, love the surreal aspect, just everything about it…..I’m sold! :o)
Peter Zentjens replied
Great! You want the original or just a print? :o)
Just kidding, thanks for your enthusiasm and comment.
RSart
fool for looking straight into the sun? blinded by the light… beautiful painting
Peter Zentjens replied
Blinded by the light, great song by Birmingham 6 and indeed, that was about a fool too.
Thanks for your comment RSart.
Globalphotos
Surreal and very creative, great work Peter :)
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks V, appreciate the “trying to cheer me up”. ;o)
Globalphotos
Awww hugss
Elena Ray
your work is divine
Peter Zentjens replied
Wow thanks, thats a big, big compliment!
Ken Mucke
Brilliantly created…..again the best use of pastels….I just love the design…..
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks Ken, happy you like my paintings!
jase8812
Brilliant art work !
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks again, also for both the fav’s
Robert O'Neill
Very creative.
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you Rob, again, and thanks also for the 3 fav’s you just gave me. I appreciate your interest and support.
lizzle
very good
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you lizzle, glad you like it.
RMonroe
very beautiful:)
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks Robin, I appreciate your support….
gerardo segism...
excellent composition, and hanging by the cliff really added more drama suggesting vulnerability – great concept
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you very much Gerardo, also for the favourite.
Maureen Bullis
That flower looks really happy!
Peter Zentjens replied
Ah, but aren’t fools always happy in their simple frame of mind? ;o)
Thanks for the comment and Fav Maureen.
Teeze
Wow – Awesome. Great detail.
Peter Zentjens replied
Ah, Nice to see you in my portfolio again Teeze!
Thanks for both the comment and the fav.
DawsonImages
Very whimsical and well done
AndyGii
Love your watercolours but this is my favourite. Might say somrthing about me lol
Peter Zentjens replied
Certainly in combination with that avatar of yours. ;o)
Thank you very much Andy, for the fav too.
Robert Elliott
love this, wonderful work
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you Robert, I’m honoured by the fav.
Mohammad Khaksar
absolutely wonderful peter!!!
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks, glad you like it.
suzykt
Magnificent art. The white rose with the eye is so Dali but you have painted this in your own style and as a surreal piece of art I find it outstanding and would have this hung on my wall any time.
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you suzykt, for your incredible compliment and the fav.
midnightdreamer
Very surreal, awesome style Peter, I just love the way her leaves are reaching for the sun….bravo a work of true art!
Peace,
Leah ♥
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you much for your lovely comment Leah.
And, most interesting, you say “her”...
While I always think of “him”....
Sinéad Costello
This is so good! Very unique and creative. Well done :)
Peter Zentjens replied
Ow, thank you very much Sinéad
emolena
Fantastic work !
Peter Zentjens replied
Thanks again, and thank you for the fav, much appreciated
KathiSPerez
Its realy fantastic to see an emotion we all feel at times.
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you so much for this comment,
and thanks too for fav’ing Rebirth!
Sebastiaan Koenen
Love the peaceful effect of your light colors. Surrealism stays a definition which can be intrepertated in more ways. It’s might be that what you see as ‘reality’ defines your intrepetation of surrealism…
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you Sebastiaan. And I must say I agree, I guess that somebody’s reality can be somebody else’s surreality. :)
RosaCobos
Oh Peter….
How come didn’t you submmit it to Tarot: Map of Consciousness
May be you did not know about the existence…
I invite it!!!!
I can see that he sees….
I can feel that he is there waiting to open the egg of his own destiny.
But The Foold has not a destiny and he knows it!
The Eye…. peeing wide and wild the intensity of Life,
hidden behing the feminity of the flower..is tender and penetrating,
but not as much as he would love..
noone takes him seriously,
excepting the wise..
for you know. that famous quote…”The Fool that persists in his foolishness…..becomes wise”.......just I ponder about it.. and how come the wise can notice this…if his own wisedom makes him disregard such a vanity?
In case you do not have any word… description or whatever that is needed for the submmission… you can use mine… or yours adapting mine.. whatever, but please….go in… I love it and he is surreal, ideal, fantastic…. precious, Peter)
Peter Zentjens replied
I’m no good with words Rosa, nor was I aware of the existence of the group. I’ll be happy to join and upload this work to it pinching your words though, I couldn’t have said it any better, what an incredibly lovely comment!
RosaCobos
Oh… each one has a gift and this is destined specially to fullfill oneself.
I am happy or floody or alive when I write and I receive much from the soul of the images. And though you are saying that you are not good with words, I have liked the description to you have added to the work. It makes us feel closer to your imagination and endevours about art. It really does. You have taken your time to explain, to be confident of your experiences… that is what it minds. What things are for you, not what any “Wikipedia-reader” is telling about The Fool or whatever, that though it is a practical thing… it has not commitment with the real expression of what or who we are.
A hug for you…I am eager to have your works in Tarot:Map…...
Rosa
RosaCobos
Oh.. because we were left “with the honey in our lips” and anxious to see your work here shinning..and because we have fallen in love with this Fool’s love for the nature…this Eye of Wisdom and Sensibility….and because we hope that your art will keep on entering in our “home”...this Fool… deserves it!!
Rosa
Peter Zentjens replied
Thank you very,v ery much for featuring my work, much appreciated!