Allan Bestle & Michael Falgren, mixed media. Signed and dated 2009.
Photo by Michael Fahlgren. Painting and wooden frame by Allan Bestle. Executed 2009. Length: 230 cm, height: 168 cm,
depth: 15 cm.
Minor wear and colour loss. Some spread scratches.
Allan and Michael was visiting the man, illustrated on the artwork. He is a caretaker of a castle in Toulouse, France. The man, after traveling in India, trying to help the many sick kids on the street, getting a better health offering them medicin and food, was almost dying of a infection during his stay. The experience was very traumatic for him and he decided to isolate himself in a castle in Toulouse, leaving the society on its own. The man is wearing a large fur to keep warm in the castle. From what I was told, the man was rather excentric but very kind.