For example, The Baptism of Christ, The Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Mona Lisa, and The Annunciation. In those works, flows of water are so lively painted to accentuate the main theme of the work.
What was the purpose of the water? Like critics evaluated, did you expect depths and perspectives of the composition? If so, why did you use “water”, but not other objects, for most of your works?
In The Baptism of Christ, water flows from the background and Jesus’ feet were soaked in it. It seems to me that the water means more than an effect in terms of composition. How did water evolve inside of you?
I am not an art historian. Therefore, this question comes from my mere curiosity after I played with water over 35 years. Water in your artwork means more than just a substance. It is an integral part of your work; a symbol of life which comes from sacredness and leads to death. Other objects in your paintings can be seen as a part of our body; rocks as a bone of the earth, water as body fluid, and flowing river as blood.
