Michael Pfaud

"Unseen realities" -

Michael T. Pfaud`s works are created in intuitive painting processes using very own techniques and highly pigmented colors. -

"I usually start with a fast and targeted work process based on a color concept. During the painting process I try to develop the image content step by step, always taking care to keep the control of what`s happening on the canvas." -

Mostly Pfaud`s paintings evolve and change in multiple repeated - or even partial - overpaintings. -

"By fast work processes and - sometimes - the method of trial and error, regarding to my painting techniques, inevitably arise a lot of pictures in a short time. These paintings are then reworked until they are coherent in color and dynamics." -

From the late 1990s to the years up to about 2012, Pfaud saw no purpose in depicting an existing reality. His intention was to create a new, never seen dynamic reality in a playful way during the painting process.

" In the paintings from the period 2008 - 2014, I tried to create realistic-appearing scenarios of absolute non-representativeness - or just little representativeness , which are supposed to trigger associative processes at the viewer." -

Since about 2002, in addition to cla...

Michael T. Pfaud studied graphic design, photography and object design at the University of Applied Sciences in Augsburg and graduated from here with the acquisition of the diploma.

In the late 90s Pfaud participated in different group exhibitions and had some solo shows in Munich, Augsburg and in the surrounding area.

In 2002, he showed some paintings at the Accrochage of "Galerie Noah" in Augsburg.