3 The painting

3.1 What the painter thinks of the painting is relevant while painting it, later it becomes unimportant.
 3.2 The painting is not a kind of secret code the spectator has to decode.
 3.3 Direct references to the collective memory in the work are avoided.
 3.4 Meaning cannot be excluded.
 3.5 The painting is never unambiguous.
 3.6 The process of painting is complex. The result is simple.
 Peter Theunynck by indications of J. Juchtmans)