Sonntag, 14. April 2019

a digi-tale

Playing around with photoshop in 2006. At first i digitalised and transformed some of my original paintings and proceeded to create new images directly with the mouse. I was fascinated with two icons, the SOUL-FIELD and the FRAME-FIELD. The numerous photoshop tools allowed me to combine them into new images, some of them became quite complex and suggested a wide range of interpretation.
I alined a selection of 80 images (there were about 200 alltogether) as a slideshow, which maybe, is telling a story about playful freedom and dimensional restriction, a "digi-tale".
Here is a selection of images i used:






















 

Montag, 1. April 2019

"oil on paper", small works

In general my paintings are done with oilpaint on canvas. I have a habit to always have small papers (size A3) next to me on the floor or pinned to the wall when i paint. I  use these to make quick notes with the brush that happens to be in my hand, when the paintingprocess evokes new ideas , when i want to experiment with different colors or  different brushstrokes, or  simply when i want to get rid of excess paint on the tip of the brush.

I keep adding touches here and there when inspiration calls for it , sometimes it takes days , month or even years if a next action happens on a such a paper. I sort out what seems to make sense as a base that could become  eligible as "a small work".  Finally i focus on what is there and turn with little work the "oil on paper" into a real painting. The other papers stay in the process  and mature till they are acceptable for the final touches.

From 1993 till 1997 i  made about 400 such small  works. You can view a selection here, also the slideshow with the title INSCAPES

https://vimeo.com/324734942