Bloodflower Print

Wilmer Kopernikus makes figurative oil paintings, drawings and collages. His art practice shows a deep interest for eroticism, most of his work is an exploration on sexuality. Latin-America subjects and landscapes are also part of his interests as well as exploring collage where Wilmer experiments with a large range of styles. His exploration of the medium of painting began with a pop art approach by simplifying forms and using pure colors but then moved to a classic and more realistic technique. The last series of paintings named oral fixations, explore a much more expressionistic approach. His works begin always from a photograph; then he uses appropriation, manipulation, modification or an interpretation by painting. For him representation and figurative painting is something that humanity has always loved to do, for that reason it will never die, the thrill of making an illusion with color pigments is too appealing to be completely removed. it is a cathartic experience.