Hilda Kieseritzky

About Hilda Kieseritzky

My work is a balancing act between abstraction and reality. A game with my own associations and those of the viewer. There are two main contrasting elements in fine art that inspire me; line and colour. Exploring the line, I am fascinated by the infinite possibilities of expression of this simple gesture. Also the strong contrast between brightness and darkness, as well as the resemblance to handwriting lead me to new daring ideas. Stronger than the line, the colour has a very subtle emotional power that I enjoy searching for while painting. ++Line and colour in dialogue++ Are colour and line communicating with one another at a point of strongest expression? Is something new being created through their contrasting relationship? To me, colour and line are like two individuals or two musical instruments. I can imagine a dialogue or a musical duet, where I'm only the observer at the moment line and colour suddenly meet. My style of painting a line or colour is as contrasting as the two characters are. The colour very, very slowly unfolds itself until it reaches it's most intense moment. In a sudden powerful gesture the line appears, seemingly giving an answer to the colour. I have to choose the right moment of this movement very carefully with all my concentration, as a wrong move can potentially destroy everything. It's just like in life!