Roderik Faasen Painting, Waldor, 2018

Name: Waldor
Measurements: 185 x 140 cm
Media: Acrylic and oil on linen
Artist: Roderik Faasen
Year: 2018

Waldor is a confrontation with inner conflict, painted in raw tones and fiery emotion. A solitary figure stares forward, framed by an infernal glow of orange and gold, as if lit from within by regret or revelation. Their expression flickers between resistance and surrender, the brushwork violent yet vulnerable.

At the center, a glowing red heart appears pierced or activated, a wound or an awakening. Around it, abstract forms swirl like memories attempting to rewrite themselves. This is not just a portrait. It is an undoing, a burning away of masks. Revoke is what remains when the performance is over.