Ken Tielkemeier: Red Grate with Dragonfly

This expressionist painting entitled: “Red Grate with Dragonfly” was in the show “Arte, Genio e Follia” in Siena organized by the art critic Vittorio Sgarbi. The painting represents a figure screaming behind bars. In the forefront a dragonfly. At that time even though the artists was happy with his life in Florence he suffered due to the obligations that were calling him back in New York.Tielkemeier felt often stuck and anxious.