Struktur

oil on canvas

80 x 80 cm

Statement

“Wherever people encounter nature, many wounds and scars remain can no longer be undone. But whatever these content and thematic interpretations are, out From a painterly perspective it is about transformation or “translation” of a visual perceptual image (of the painter) into a representation: This one like this The fundamental and therefore so little noticed process is the actual one artistic challenge. To put it in modern language: The Perception code must be “translated” into a representation or expression code become - the variability basically extends between concrete-naturalistic and completely abstract forms - and of course also under the condition of one completely different materiality (this too is often given too little attention). What are the specific light and color qualities, the special material and structural aspects of a pine bark or a birch bark in color substances and Surface ratios, in forms and types of paint application and in which Shapes “designable” in order to realize the artistic intention accordingly? The alternating application of paint, sometimes impasto-opaque and sometimes transparent, must “indicate” the chromatic “appearances” of the tree bark motifs; the structuring of the color areas manifests the most important ones Structural features of the respective types of bark. Each type of tree turns out to be special form and structure, which the painter follows with strict consistency - in the Numerous studies also show the multitude of forms - an inexhaustible one Diversity based on common structural features - this also corresponds to this The artist's painterly “style”: In the fundamentally abstract style can be found Restrained figurative elements are inserted to ensure a minimum to achieve objective concretization. But it is expressly possible not about a realistic depiction - that would just be an exercise in craftsmanship - but about the emphasis on the “level of meaning” of all these “traces” in their mostly hidden ones connections.”