Talisman-Runen Paintings
I love traditions from a bygone era.
These paintings are used as Talismans, their power comes from composed runes (Bindrunes).
Jolanda Klopper
The Body, Mind & Soul triptych
Body
Composition made of the letters "B O D Y" in runes
2025
A representation of the body of an aquatic animal or sperm. The very beginning of lifeforms which is inextricably linked to water.
Mind
Composition made of the letters "M I N D" in runes
2025
The Mind itself is made up of the Dagaz runes. The rune of twilight, the time of day when our minds are most receptive to good ideas. The lying figure 8 of the magician. With your mind, your imagination, you create your entire world. You are the magician.
Soul
Composition made of the letters "S O U L" in runes
2025
For the imagination of the soul I used, of course, the sowilo runes as the green aurora light beams, coming from the sun, as the symbol of the soul that animates the body of a being. This being is in violet so that it has the ability to be in the highest state of frequency.
Growth
Composition made of the letters "G R O W T H" in runes
2025
Me and my dog Ciske
Cozy (for Roos)
Composition made of the letters "C O Z Y" in runes
2025
Dear Roos, for you in your new home, I wish you lots of cozyness. That you feel like a fish in water, Cozy!
Power
Composition made of the letters "P O W E R" in runes
2025
Me and my dog Coco
Love
Composition made of the letters "L O V E" in runes
2025
The frog as the ultimate symbol for love, in the fairy tales the prince is transformed into a frog to find the almost impossible real true love. The Frog is connected to the sacred trilogy: it comes from the water (soul), lives on land (body) and jumps through the air (spirit). The frog, of course, symbolizes transformation, because first it is a little fish, and then it becomes a creature with arms and legs.
Spirit
Composition made of the letters "S P I R I T" in runes
2025
Focus
Composition made of the letters "F O C U S" in runes
2025
Dear Lazyness, Dear Anger and Dear Despair
Composition made of the letters"Dear Lazyness", 'Dear Anger" and "Dear Despair" in runes.
2024
These paintings are based on the poems made by The Mad Arab
This photo is a photoshop impression
Read the poems here:
Creation and Focus (on the Aesir)
Composition made of the letters "Creation" and 'Focus" in runes
2024
This photo is a photoshop impression
Love My Critics
Composition made of the letters 'Love My Critics" in runes
2024
This painting is there to help to remind me that the critical stream of thoughts, there is to protect me from the criticism of others. If, like me, you grew up among people who always criticised you, then you create an inner critic, out of self-protection, in order to avoid the criticism from others. And you will already refines you so that you do everything as perfectly as possible. This inner critic is actually your best friend. Love this friend within yourself, but continue to sincerely examine whether the criticism is still valid. That's how my next painting came about, from the words Validation.
This photo is a photoshop impression
Validation
Composition made of the letters "Validation" in runes.
2024
I painted this one after I made the painting 'love my Critics'. I made it to help me remembering, that it helps me to constantly question myself, whether this thought is still really valuable to me or not. If it's not, to remove the piles that support the thoughts bye coming up with clear counterarguments.
I am Complete
Composition made of the letters "I am Complete" in runes
2024
Titel: Dear Pain
Composition made of the letters "Dear Pain" in runes
2024
Based on a poem made by The Mad Arab
This photo is a photoshop impression
Read the poem here:
The Deep Secret of Selfhate
2024
Based on a Poem from The Mad Arab
Read the poem here:
The Deep Secret of Selfhate
I made this painting by the poem The Deep Secret of Selfhate from The Mad Arab, with in mind the story of Wodan from Norse Mythology, who sacrificed himself to himself and hung upside down on the world-tree Yggdrasil for nine days and then, in exchange for one eye, he receives wisdom in the form of the nine branches. With this nine branches, nine lines on which I based this painting, because with them we can create this Hexagram! The shape of the snowflake! And in this form we can make all the runes, representing all the words through which are all the thought formed, with the runes we can make every vibration, they become reverberation's, and all those sounds creating the entire cosmos. This is the deeper meaning of this painting, when we think, talk and create, we are connected to the gods who created it all.
This is the underlying meaning of this God Wodan, who is the same as Hermes Trismegistus, Thoth, Kukulcan, earthly angel Metatron* and many more…
The deep secret of self-hate,
sacrifice yourself to yourself…
If you know a little how our protection mechanism works, than you know that even self-hatred is based on love. By hating yourself, you protect yourself from the hatred from others. Self-hatred is a very clever self-defense tactic. Your enemy won't do anything to you as long as you are already wounded. The only problem is that the self-hate tactic pattern does not stop by itself, so when the danger has passed, you are still hanging upside down sacrificed to yourself on the world tree. Without the knowledge, symbolised as the runes, it's not easy to get out of it by yourself.
*Metatron's cube represents the blueprint of creation. According to sacred geometry It symbolizes balance and harmony, illustrating how all life is connected. The five Platonic solids are contained in the cube, which are sacred geometry shapes that are thought to be the building blocks of the entire Universe.
More paintings based on Wodan's grit of the nine twigs, go to "MORE PAINTINGS"
Alignment
Composition made of the letters "Alignment" in runes
2024
This painting took on the appearance of a mill, which for me personally is a perfect link to the mill from my native village, which had the beautiful appropriate name 'De Hoop', which means hopeful in Dutch.
I am Brave
Composition made of the letters "I am Brave" in runes
2024
This painting is my inner strong mask. It acts like a fence, and behind this mask I am so very safe from the danger I face, which makes me feel very comfortable when faced any kind of with danger.
Authenticity ll
Composition made of the letters "Authenticity" in runes
2024
Authenticity is always about the freedom to connect your outward expression with your inner feeling at that moment. The yellow zigzag line represents my personal inner energy. The colors green, purple and blue belong to the corresponding chakras. So live from my heart (green). in combination with the highest frequency (violet). And with my throat to reinforce this expression (blue).
My spirit
Composition made of the letters "My Spirit" in runes
2024
About my Runen paintings
The meaning of the symbols that make up my paintings.
The Runic Writing, Magical runes to awaken the cosmos.
The starting point is one or more words that I write in runes and then knead into a composition… bind runes. Each rune has its own symbolism but can also be written with.
Circles, dots, spheres, with or without a tail represent Potential. Such as sperm, seeds, egg, planets or breasts. The potential of something that is given the opportunity to grow, to become reality. The circle symbolize time.
Vesica Piscis, this mathematical shape resembles an eye, Yoni or fish.
This sign is created by overlapping two circles. This shape means a door to other dimensions, and represents balance and rebirth.
I also use hands, the sense of touch that represents creation.
And it is no coincidence that I like to work on a square as a format, as a symbol for the grid of space.
So in summary, all my paintings have to do with awakening the still dormant creative potential present in the cosmos, to participate in the eternal dance in the space-time continuum. The eternal dance between the complementary energies, the darkness and color, the void and the creation, the straight and the round. In other words, the complementary balance that supplies the entire universe with energy.