Christian Göbel

In my mid-40s, I quit my job in the financial industry and reinvented myself. From a gray businessman to a colorful artist. I didn't plan it. But there was a desire for intensity and the longing for a creative life. And I just allowed it to happen. That takes courage and confidence.

So that's what my art is all about. To have the courage to shape your life with self-confidence. Not thinking to much about the consequences and obstacles.

With my work, I want to encourage people to free themselves from well-known patterns and to boldly design their lifes. My paintings help the viewer to forget their doubts and to concentrate on what is possible.

HOW I PAINT

I move between abstraction, minimalism and color fields - physical an digital.

When I start a painting, I try to free myself from everything. No intention, no sketches, no rules. I just focus on color and its effect. I pour and spray acrylic colors on a wet canvas. The color finds its way into the picture. Sometimes wild, sometimes gentle, but always unexpected, it flows across the screen. Layer by layer an unexpected space of possibilities emerges.

I always work in multiple layers. Sometimes I give the paint time to dry, sometimes I paint wet on wet. This creat...

2024 Art Fair "Discovery Art Fair", Cologne, Germany
2024 Art Fair "ARTMUC", Munich, Germany
2023 Group Show "Grand Opening", Gallery Meet Pablo, Düsseldorf, Germany
2023 Group Show, Famtain Members Club, Munich, Germany
2023 Group Show, "Wilde Mischung 2", Gallery konsum163, Munich, Germany
2022 Group Show "art to connect", Gallery Baumhaus, Cologne, Germany