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Quo Vadis - Malaga
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Mixed Media, acrylic, pigments, sand, 100 x 80 cm, 2017 available
"Quo Vadis" is a historical latin phrase meaning "Where are you going?", according to which St. Peter addressed this question to Jesus. There are only conjectures about the answer.
In my picture, the phrase has no question mark, because mother and child are going into an uncertain future. One leaves, hoping to find a better life somewhere else. Where and when - that will remain open.
These special graffitis will not be found on any wall of a city, because I created them for this painting. But I think they would fit wonderfully into the bohemian Old Town of Malaga - until a restoration makes them disappear.
The paintings Quo Vadis, together with Malaga Impression , ment to me a new step in painting Cityscape impressions. Although they seem to be more realistic, compare to my Echo In The Open Window series paintings, in fact they are again painted without any reference photo or scetch, but from fresh memory, imagination, intuition and invention.
Both paintings were created short after visiting the most important cities of Andalucia: Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada and our nearby and loved Malaga City. I have visited these towns so often, the center and the less spectacular quarters, and every time again they show new surprising aspects to me. -
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Malaga Impression
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Mixed Media, acrylic, pigments, sand, 2017
Malaga Impression
The light during the sunset hour in southern Spain is spectacular. What was known and familiar turns into strange and somehow exotic impressions - changing every minute.
The painting Malaga Impression, together with Quo Vadis, ment a new step in painting Cityscape impressions. Although they seem to be more realistic, compare to my Echo In The Open Window series paintings, in fact they are again painted without any reference photo or scetch, but from fresh memory, imagination, intuition and invention.
Malaga Impression and Quo Vadis, both paintings were created short after visiting the most important cities of Andalucia: Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada and our nearby and loved Malaga City. I have visited these towns so often, the center and the less spectacular quarters, and every time again they show new surprising aspects to me.
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La Luna Llena (Fullmoon)
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Mixed Media, Collage, acrylic, metal, sand, goldleave, paper, 100 x 80 cm, 2017
La Luna Llena - Fullmoon belongs to the "Echo In The Open Window" series.
Imagine: Listening to the delicate sounds of a bright Fullmoon night: the soft brise, the waves in a continous coming and going, a distant echo of a night bird-call.... Everything lying in mysterious peace.
Since living in the countryside of Andalucia/Spain I´m very much aware of the changing of seasons and the rythm of nature: How the nightsky change its aspect, which stars are visible, where the sun sets in wintertime and where in summertime. And I love to follow the phases of the moon, new moon, waxing moon, fullmoon and vice versa, but I love especially the clear fullmoon nights.
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La Laguna III
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Mixed Media, Collage, acrylic, metal, paper, sand, 100 x 80 cm, 2017
La Laguna III belongs to the "Echo In The Open Window" series.
A painting about the inner echos and memories: sounds of the relaxing city and reflections of the last sun light on windows and facades.
It is not easy to explain what exactly I´m doing by creating the Echo In The Open Window paintings, because I follow my intuition, the inner echos and memories. It seems that I´m looking for a way, a crack between the facades to go deep into what I´m at the same time just building up, one upon the other - to reach a place full of peace.
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