"ROCK SHOP", Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica Painting

Gabriele Prill's paintings tell stories out of life in lovable details, often with fine irony, transporting moods and describing situations. Since the paintings are just a moment out of the story it is very important to the artist that the viewer puts his own fantasy into the beginning and end of the story. "I do not want to restrict people to my views, taking their chance to build multiple stories on their own. The personal feeling for a painting is important. Only this way one can learn to love it", says the painter who has a special love for colorful signs and glowing neon advertisement. A specialty are the night paintings, which are very difficult to do in watercolor. Gabriele compares her style to the so called "Scene Painting" movement established in the 1920's in the West coast of America. Wednesday is market day in Santa Monica. Often I drove down there with my friend Jessica. Sometimes we went for a walk later on. On this beautiful day we went to the Santa Monica pier where there is a constant colourful fair. There are roundabouts, snack bars, arcades and consequently many people. Tourists mix with natives. Some of them carry their snakes around their neck for a walk. Here and there people are dancing, each group with their own ghetto blaster. It is an enormous moving crowd. Through the music one can hear fragments of different languages. Suddenly there was a gap in the crowd. There it was. “The Rock Shop” . Alone, quiet, a barren oasis. That was a magical moment. I was totally fascinated. To accentuate this solitude I added a sleeping person. This figure only enhances the sense of the meaning "deserted".

Painting:Ink on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:25.1 W x 17.3 H x 0.1 D in

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