Benni Krueger

My painting style could be described as randomly spluttering, smudging and squashing colourful paint. My inspiration articulates unconscious accidents resulting in abstract and irrational artwork that doesn't attempt to portrait anything from this world.

Scanning my paintings at high resolution lets tiny accidental details emerge like looking at them through a microscope and allowing the viewer to see unexpected textures, while astonishing patterns and three-dimensional shapes emerge from the dark, creating kaleidoscopic formations of contrasting colours.

Once digitised I process my paintings in the virtual domain, elevating visual perception to multi dimensional and staggered geometry of mysterious microcosms. What once dried on paper, plastic, glass or wood, now appears immersed in the virtual infinity of computer-generated imagery. Yet the imperfection of hand made movement and the force of gravity permeates its digital presence, therefor preserving the true essence of its physical origin.

Paintbrushes are tools used for deliberate action through intention, but tools which define a projected outcome are as much a creative limitation as they might empower one to get the projected results. However, for me the fascination ...

In early 2015 I started attending an art class at The Learning Connexion (TLC), where I am currently studying towards a Diploma in Art and Creativity.