Darkness in its many shades.

Rough, dry surfaces of the volcanic deserts, beautifully contrasting with a delicate colour palette of the sky.

Weird, harsh vegetation sparsely spread on the dry soil.

Full of grace and gratitude; a tiny rain is enough to make all the plants flourish and grow into their weird shapes.

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The painting series Harsh Beauty presented below was inspired by the moonlike landscape of  Lanzarote, which I discovered in November 2017. The series is accompanied by a photography cycle: Rainbow of Darkness.

Both series tend to catch the surrealistic beauty of the immense volcanic deserts.

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The collection was exhibited in July 2018 in Graumalerai Gallery, Berlin and will be expanded soon with new works.

 

 

PURITY

Oil on canvas

80 cm x 60

 

 

 

 

CHEERFUL APOCALYPSE

Oil on canvas

120 x 90 cm

The painting was created after seeing a day vision of a swimming pool on a volcanic desert, which seemed to be a kind of hyperreality, where you can jump in case of your personal end of the world. There is always a world you can escape into.

 

CHEERFUL APOCALYPSE (detail)

Oil on canvas

120 x 90 cm

 

 

CHEERFUL APOCALYPSE (PINK, GREEN, TURQUOISE)

A digitally modified version of the oil painting

Oil on canvas

120 x 90 cm

 

 

 

 

 

HARSH BEAUTY

Oil on canvas

100 cm x 70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CACTUS  COMPOSITION  II

Oil on canvas

100  x 70c m

 

 

 

 

IS JUST TWO LONELY?

Oil on canvas

50 x 40 cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CACTUS COMPOSITION I

Oil on paper

70 cm x 50

 

 

 

 

The lush jungle of Ao Luk, Thailand, where I gained the inspiration for my two paintings below was opposition of what volcanic desert is. Nevertheless, HER MAJESTY  (means jungle) definitely is both harsh and beautiful

 

 

 

HER MAJESTY I

Oil on canvas

80 x60cm

 

HER MAJESTY II

Oil on canvas

80 x60cm