Bert Menco's Art Works
Intaglios, Drawings, Paintings
dated 1988 until 2019
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Madonna of the Prairie
2008This image is inspired by a stay on the prairie at http://ragdale.org/residency/resident/bert-menco/
Tryptich
1994An other Madonna variation
Senses
1997The Five Senses, an old theme in art
Blue Bride
2003A mysterious woman with a vail
Aso and Anansi
2007A variation on Nigerian folktales
Braided
2007Braids and more braids, arms entangled in braids
Halo
2004Confounded in her hair and eyes
Gargoyles
1997This image is inspired by European cathedrals
Nativity
2005Poor Joseph, so blind
The Second Coming
2002A man on a donkey being greeted by a woman; people behind them
Letting Go
1991Letting go can be difficult
Nightgame
1988People playing badminton at night in a moonlit city (inspired on the Langestraat in Amsterdam)
Humanoïd Bestiarium
2008A Bestiarium variation largely made during a residency at http://ragdale.org/residency/resident/bert-menco/
Limbo
2009Waiting for the "next"
Synagoga et Ecclesia
2007A variation on images on many European cathedrals
Rotterdam, May 14 1940
2000The bombing of Rotterdam
Rotterdam, May 14 1940
2000Detail
The Virgin Birth of Lucifer
2008An alternative nativity, perhaps
Queens
2011A heart and and an ace Siamese twin
Ménagerie
2005Various figures in an enclosure
Contortionists
2002Entangled in life
Paradise
1997The snake, Eve, perhaps?
Ravensbrück
2006Ravensbrück was a women's camp