„In a watercolor, the world does not end with the painted layer of color. It begins beyond it.“ — Uwe Kästner
Selected series exploring atmosphere, intuition and imagination.
Artistic Statement
My semi-abstract watercolor paintings begin outdoors, in direct contact with nature. Through water, pigment, and intuition, sensory impressions are transformed into visual essences in which atmosphere and aesthetic impact become more important than description.
What fascinates me most are contrasts, tensions, and visual relationships such as balanced and dynamic, concise yet expressive compositions; light and dark, warm and cool, or clear and blurred areas; compelling lines and overdrawings; accidental and intentional colour transitions; a certain minimalism in material and execution – … where a single brushstroke should ideally carry everything within itself – abstract rhythms and striking patterns; stillness and movement in one; subtle colour harmonies, alla prima painting just as much as wet-in-wet transitions and water traces; the unfinished, the sketch-like, the intuitive, the spontaneous… all leading towards the utmost abstraction and an organic sense of wholeness, without ever giving up the connection to the real world.
It is precisely this real world that provides both the point of departure and the constant reference for my work. In this way, my surroundings, above all the landscape around my home along the River Elbe and the places to which I travel, are at on
Why Watercolor?
In a watercolor, the world does not end with the painted layer of color. It begins beyond it. What remains hidden or merely suggested awakens curiosity, imagination, poetry, and dream.
Watercolor therefore remains the essential vehicle for my Evoking Landscapes.
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