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ALPES MARITIMES
1962 - 1973

The year of 1962 marked a major transition in His finished drawings in red and black pencil
Johfra’s life. He broke with Diana Vandenberg and were another matter. These announced a new theme
began living with Ellen Lórien. This also required a in his work: the classical hero battling a monster.
move away from the Hague to Amsterdam. Two This could be Hercules defeating the seven-headed
years later in 1964 Johfra and Ellen left Holland Hydra, a serpent enwrapped about the limbs of the
permanently and settled in Aspremont, an area Laocoon, or a winged angel defeating a fallen
north of Nice in the Alpes Maritimes of France. demon.
In fact, they lived in a wooden hut no larger than
a small room. The cold and dampness of winter
made painting so difficult that Johfra had to wear
fingerless gloves while working and kept his sleeves
tied closed with string.
The drummel paintings continued in abundance
until about 1973. So also the Mindstuff Landscapes
which expanded in several directions. Sometimes
the horizon was lost entirely, creating strange
energy configurations. Other times, the growths of
green moss and stone lichen gave way to a more
recognizable landscape of Alpine mountains and the
Mediterranean sea. The occasional esoteric symbol
appeared in the Mindstuff Landscapes.

THE FIGHT BETWEEN A SERVENT

AND DEMON OF UNDERSTANDING II (1964)
(Gevecht van een dienaar met een demon van het verstand II)

ELLEN BEFORE THE WOODEN CABIN IN ASPREMONT

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