This is an abstract image of the eloquent figure at the top of the historic Brabo Fountain, a monument to Antwerp’s mythical hero, Silvius Brabo. Brabo supposedly drove off a giant that was demanding tolls from all ships that passed the port. Anyone who refused to pay had their hand chopped off by the giant, so Brabo took revenge by slicing off the ogre’s hand and throwing it into the Scheldt River. The town became known as Antwerp – which means, “hands throw” in Flemish. The statue depicts Brabo in the process of hurling the huge severed hand. Water spouts from its wrist. Brabo gives Antwerp its name with this legendary hand toss. I enjoyed relating the geometric form of the powerful sculpture to the stepped forms of the handsome old buildings that line Antwerp's town square behind it. In color, the statue appeared as oxidized green, and the buildings were dark brown. The sky is an overcast gray. I made it a much cleaner, more powerful image by converting it to this black and white abstraction. It becomes a study in pure shapes and geometric patterns, helping Brabo appear to dance along the rooftops of Antwerp.