BlattWerk XXVI Painting

This painting is part of an extensive series entitled "BlattWerk" ("Foliage"), a homage to nature, which I began in 2013. There is a green and a monochrome series. In this group of works, the Mediterranean vegetation plays the leading role. Starting from a naturalistic way of representation, I separated the motifs from their natural environment over time by cropping, enlarging and using a plain-colored background. The creative process and further experiments led me to further alienation and abstraction, above all through the discoloration. The lack of color or leaf green creates a symbolism in the "Monochrome Series" that can be interpreted in many ways. As I continued to work, alternating between green naturalistic and black-and-white alienated motifs, I increasingly came to perceive the leaves more and more only as shape and color, as undercuts and intersections of dynamic diagonal planes in textures ranging from metallic, glassy, ​​or feathery.