The Plant of Evil Revealed

(An incomplete explanation of the painting done 33 years earlier.)

Fueled by the leaves of inflation, the smaller flower has its tongue wrapped around a victim whose arm has a tattooed number. The monstrous head, with Adolph Hitler's face now visible, has a simular tongue and sharpened teeth. The star of David has been glued securely to the forehead, surrounded by snakes. One serpent has grown through the mouth and eye, looking forward. On the horizon, weapons fired appear against a lightning storm - the introduction of the "Blitzkrieg".

The syringe, with its white and pure liquid, is emptied into the branch that previously carried it. The match has become a torch of the Olympic Games' "Übermensch" propaganda. The ax - now a nostalgic pseudo-romantic symbol - has the executioner's head nailed to the handle.

The penetrating eyes are alive in the head wearing an executioner's hood and a Gestapo cap. The blood, now cleansed, is dripping into the bottle merely half full. The hangman's rope has been tied to the tip of the flower tongue. The cage with an apple inside shows the control exerted over the knowledge that is permitted.

The poker iron extended through a crack in the flower pot roasts another apple in the bonfire of prohibited books. The cigarette with its decadent lipstick lies extinguished in its shadow. Drops of saliva dance in the smoke from the burning of the prohibited lecture. On the right, the yellow object is revealed to be a pocket watch with the key years of the advances of Nazism on its face.

The spider has replaced its web for a steel structure that covers the flower pot. Cyanide gas comes wafting through the grill. The growing cracks in the broken flower pot have taken on the form of a swastika. The fallen pieces with their glass face turned upwards are shouting "HEIL", recalling the "Kristallnacht" when Hitler's minions broke the windows of those objecting their hate propaganda. In the center of the swastika, a fist emerges with a globe in a tight grip.

Dominating the painting is the immense tiger tail ending like the devil's. Though all other objects have moved to the right, the only thing unchanged is this symbol of the constant evil in mankind.

Several clues have been offered here, with many answers still absent. These will be explained in the final canvas scheduled for 2035.