His painting “The portent” is layered. Its depiction of a female figure with a clutter of *keys on the table before her addresses the challenge of finding the right questions that will unlock the answers.
At the same time it is a celebration of the woman not only fulfilling her task as a searching individual, but even going beyond to where she has built a reserve of it prompting a change in her status to becoming a benefactor.
By reversing this search, the individual looking for answers to contemplative questions is also challenged.