The Opium Smoking White Elephant - Winged Flower Guardian

Hahnemühle Fine Art Archival Print
Sheet size: 30 × 30 cm with a 1 cm white border
Year: 2025 edition
Edition: 1 + 1 AP

This work depicts a central female figure in a serene pose—almost sacred, like a temple statue or a mythical forest goddess. She sits on an ornate pedestal, with large white wings opening behind her, lending her an otherworldly presence. The figure's body is portrayed with serene dignity; not as an erotic pose, but as a symbol of innocence, connection to nature, and spiritual purity.

A wreath or floral arrangement blooms around her head—a direct connection to the plant world and a reference to her role as guardian or mediator between the human and the natural-spiritual. The flowers appear delicate and vibrant, almost as if organically interwoven with her. The background combines tropical greenery, mythical architecture, and cosmic elements—creating the impression that the scene emerges from a jungle that is simultaneously part of a temple realm and a spiritual universe.

The AI ​​processing intensifies this symbolism: colors, shapes, and light are heightened to a hallucinatory degree, transforming the image into a vision—a liminal realm where nature, ritual, spirit, and art are no longer separate. The wings, the natural elements, the golden pedestal, and the floral details combine to form a mandala of earth, sky, and soul.

For the artist The Opium Smoking White Elephant, this image is more than an aesthetic representation: it is an homage to the animistic and spiritual dimension of Thai culture—the world of spirits, plant beings, and ritual sites. At the same time, its raw directness and expressive exaggeration point to a kinship with Western Art Brut—rough, intuitive, and deeply emotional.