Painting Gallery by Fred Koschetzki
Painting Gallery by Fred Koschetzki
The paintings gathered here explore the inner landscape of longing, devotion, and transformation. Each work blends mythic symbolism with lived experience, tracing the journey from youth to maturity through dragons, celestial figures, and the quiet mysteries of time.
Shipwrecked on the Sands of Time
A self‑portrait caught between a blue‑green dragon of protection and a red‑black dragon of chaos, watched over by a honeycomb of celestial faces. This painting reflects the shock of birth—the sudden awareness of being alive, cast into a world shaped by good and evil, mystery and time, shipwrecked with no escape except mortality.
Laurel, My Muse of Youth and Time
Laurel, My Muse of Youth and Time is a life‑scale acrylic painting portraying Laurel as a celestial presence descending through an opening sky while holding a golden dragon symbolizing the artist’s youthful self. A falling rose and two rising doves create a meditation on longing, devotion, renewal, and the transformative power of enduring love.
Cool Hope and the Chaining of Bullebach
Cool Hope and the Chaining of Bullebach evokes Platte Clove in the Catskill Mountains as a threshold between worlds, where waterfalls guard an ancient presence. A thorned, root‑hung form rises toward a cold moon, crowned by a single rose. In the shadows, the dragon Bullebach emerges—the ravine’s demon bound at last, marking the moment when darkness is confronted and the heart claims its redemption.
Together these paintings form a mythic journey through dragons, celestial figures, memory, and the evolving inner life. Each work reflects a moment of transformation, revealing how imagination, devotion, and time shape the human spirit across the landscapes of youth, maturity, and the unseen world.
Discover my complete painting portfolio beyond the dragon series.