Rediscovering Humanity’s Forgotten Wisdom

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Before stories were written, they were drawn.

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Long before humanity created alphabets, books, and digital languages, we communicated through symbols. A simple mark carved into stone, a figure painted on a temple wall, or a sacred shape repeated across generations carried humanity’s earliest attempts to understand existence.

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Symbols were more than images. They were humanity’s first philosophy.

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Across every ancient civilisation, symbols became a bridge between the visible and invisible worlds. They expressed our deepest questions:

Where do we come from?
What is the meaning of life?
What connects us to nature and the universe?
What wisdom have we inherited—and what have we forgotten?

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The Art of Symbols collection explores these timeless questions through the myths, symbols, and philosophies of ancient cultures.

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Rather than recreating history, these paintings reinterpret ancient visual languages through a contemporary lens. Each artwork is a reflection on the values, beliefs, and mysteries that shaped humanity long before the modern world.

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Although separated by oceans, geography, and thousands of years, these civilisations were searching for many of the same truths.

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They were all trying to understand what it means to be human.

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Seven Civilisations, Seven Reflections of Humanity:

Ancient Egypt — The Life
The Mystery of Existence

For Ancient Egypt, life was not limited to the physical world. Existence was an eternal journey of transformation, renewal, and connection between the earthly and spiritual realms.

The Life explores the Egyptian understanding that humanity has always searched for meaning beyond the boundaries of time.

Through ancient symbols such as the Ankh and sacred forms, the painting reflects one of humanity’s oldest questions:

What does it truly mean to exist?

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Ancient Greece — The Infinity
The Pursuit of Knowledge

Ancient Greece transformed human curiosity into philosophy, mathematics, and the search for universal truth.

The Greeks looked beyond appearances and questioned the principles that govern reality. The idea of infinity represented the endless nature of discovery—the understanding that every answer reveals another mystery.

The Infinity represents humanity’s eternal pursuit of knowledge.

It reminds us that wisdom begins with wonder.

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Ancient India — The Patience
The Mastery of the Self

While many civilisations explored the external universe, Ancient Indian philosophy turned inward, examining consciousness, awareness, and the nature of the self.

The Patience reflects the belief that true strength comes not from controlling the world around us, but from understanding ourselves.

Patience is not simply waiting. It is discipline, acceptance, and the ability to remain balanced within the changing rhythms of life.

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Ancient Persia — Homa
The Elevation of the Soul

The Homa, the mythical Persian bird, represents wisdom, blessing, and spiritual elevation.

Unlike symbols of power or conquest, Homa represents the aspiration of the human spirit to rise beyond material existence and seek higher understanding.

Inspired by the same spiritual tradition that later flourished through Persian poets such as Hafez and Rumi, Homa explores humanity’s search for beauty, love, and transcendence.

True elevation does not come from possessing more, but from understanding more.

 

Ancient Persia — Zamin
The Sacred Connection to Earth

If Homa represents the soul rising upward, Zamin represents the wisdom of remaining grounded.

Ancient Persian traditions understood the Earth not as something to dominate, but as a sacred foundation of life.

Zamin explores humanity’s relationship with nature, reminding us that we are not separate from the Earth—we are part of it.

To rediscover our roots is also to rediscover our connection with the world that sustains us.

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Ancient Maya and Aztec Civilisations — The Sun
Humanity and the Cosmos

For the Maya and Aztec civilisations, the Sun was not simply an astronomical object. It was the force that sustained life and connected humanity with the greater rhythms of the universe.

The Sun explores the ancient understanding of cosmic balance, renewal, and the relationship between humanity and the heavens.

Across cultures and centuries, humans have looked towards the Sun and discovered a reflection of their own existence.

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Ancient Rome — The Earth
Humanity Within the Cosmic Order

Ancient Rome explored the relationship between humanity, nature, and the forces that shape existence.

Its mythology reflected a desire to understand order, creation, and the invisible principles governing the world.

The Earth is a reminder that every civilisation, regardless of its power, remains connected to the same source—the planet that gives it life.

Empires rise and fall. The Earth remains.

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Viking and Celtic Heritage — The Present
Resilience, Simplicity, and Living with Nature

The Viking legacy is often remembered through exploration and conflict, yet beyond the battles existed a culture shaped by resilience, craftsmanship, honesty, and a profound relationship with nature.

The Present explores these enduring values.

It is not a celebration of conquest, but a reflection on the human qualities that survived beyond history—the courage to face uncertainty, the wisdom of simplicity, and the importance of living authentically.

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The Greater Journey

Together, these works form a journey through humanity’s search for wisdom.

From the Egyptian mystery of existence, to the Greek pursuit of knowledge, the Indian mastery of the self, and the Persian elevation of the soul, each civilisation offers a different reflection of what it means to be human.

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The symbols may belong to ancient cultures, but the questions remain ours.

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Humanity has developed extraordinary technologies and transformed the world around us, yet the deepest questions have remained unchanged.

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Who are we?
Where do we come from?
What connects us to the universe?
And what wisdom have we forgotten along the way?

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Through Art of Symbols, I invite the viewer to look beyond the surface of history and rediscover the forgotten language of humanity’s ancestors.

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Not to return to the past.

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But to remember what the past still has to teach us.