Parallel  12-Colors scraped off  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.108 2002 Parallel 12-Colors scraped off printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  Crosswise  12 Colors scraped off   printing ink on  aluminium
Nr.109 2002 Crosswise 12 Colors scraped off printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  Irregularly 12-Colors, sraped off  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.110 2002 Irregularly 12-Colors sraped off printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Cold  printing ink on aluminium
Nr107 2002 Cold printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Imbedded into Yellow   printing ink on aluminium
Nr.105 2002 Imbedded into Yellow printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  material complement of Nr. 105  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.106 2002 material complement of Nr. 105 printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  "Oscillating Lines 12 Colors"  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.104 2001 "Oscillating Lines 12 Colors" printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 "Straight Lines 12 Colors"  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.103 2001 "Straight Lines 12 Colors" printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 without Title  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.102 2001 without Title printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  Nine Eleven  photos and printing ink on aluminium
Nr.101 2001 Nine Eleven photos and printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
Two crossing Gradients  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.100 2001 Two crossing Gradients printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
Score  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.099 Score printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  "Time does not exist"  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.098 2001 "Time does not exist" printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 without Title  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.90 2001 without Title printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  Complement of Nr.90  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.097 2001 Complement of Nr.90 printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Easter Bouquet II  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.089 2001 Easter Bouquet II printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 'Variation of Easterbouquet II"  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.096 2001 'Variation of Easterbouquet II" printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Homage to John Updike's "Rabbit"-Tetralogy  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.091 2001 Homage to John Updike's "Rabbit"-Tetralogy printing ink on aluminium 210 x 300 cm

 

 

The first novel by John Updike, which I have read was "Couples". I found the book browsing through the shelf of English-language literature at Baedeker. The trigger to buy was the title illustration, a pair of lovers, adulterous, which of course could only be deduced by reading, so realistically drawn like Norman Rockwell drawing. This was the beginning of a lasting friendship with an author, known only by his work. A whole life’s work is quickly read and you are waiting for the next book. John Updike is able, as I haven’t found with any other author, to create dialogues, to weave inner monologue accurately represent emotions and body language, and, what is often overlooked, builds up tension without spectacle.

 

What has this to do with the painting? Concerning what is to be seen, nothing. But it has been created, as the "rabbit" tetralogy, in stages. I painted the center panel first, before I had read anything by John Updike. The extension on four panels I have undertaken for purely artistic reasons. I've dedicated the painting John Updike, when it took on its current form. I haven't yet taken a decision whether to expand it or not. The idea was to produce a circular gradient from white on colorful to black. The entire area is covered by a grid with fields of 1 cm². This is overlain by rings of equal width, which have a common center. For each circle ring I set a specific sequence of colors. Then the painting began.

 

Not with colors, but only with pencil written numbers as code for colors on a scale 1:1 large paper plan. I applied two rules. Starting in the middle I wrote the numbers spirally around each other, but only in horizontal or vertical direction, no diagonal moves. If I found myself within a circular ring, so the color string specified for this circular ring was lined ever and ever again. After crossing a boundary to the next ring, the according color string was applied. The second rule stated that two colored fields mustn’t be placed side by side. If this event occurred, and it was not uncommon, I changed the order of the colors in this place. When painting with colors I was surprised by the result. The locally varying patterns as well as the tension between the sequences running vertically and horizontally and the circular gradient, which make this painting lively.

 "I've missed you so, Bärbel"  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.088 2000 "I've missed you so, Bärbel" printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Graveyard of sowbugs  scented printing ink and sowbugs  on aluminium
Nr.087 2000 Graveyard of sowbugs scented printing ink and sowbugs on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Tied up  Object from corrugated cardboard elements, printing ink, plastc ribbon
Nr.086 2000 Tied up Object from corrugated cardboard elements, printing ink, plastc ribbon 58 x 88 x 10 cm
 Color Threads  20 Sheets DIN A4  colored varnish on paper
Nr.085 2000 Color Threads 20 Sheets DIN A4 colored varnish on paper
 Linden Green printing ink on aluminium
Nr.084 2000 Linden Green printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  manually developed aluminium printing plate
Nr.083 2000 manually developed aluminium printing plate 76 x 103 cm
 Under Pressure Sandwich with Acryl, printing ink, aluminium
Nr.081 1999 Under Pressure Sandwich with Acryl, printing ink, aluminium 70 x 100 cm

I placed nine piles of ink on the printing plate. Each pile consisted of nine primary and secondary colors. The sequence of colors changed from pile to pile by one position. On this I put an acrylic pane and additionally some chipboard panes to reinforce. On this sandwich, I put four pallets paper with a total weight of about three tons, and let the pressure work for several weeks. Most of the color was squeezed out. The rest was the image.

Rose  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.080 1999 Rose printing ink on aluminium 100 x 70 cm
 Silver Wedding Anniversary  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.079 1999 Silver Wedding Anniversary printing ink on aluminium 10,5 x 14,8 cm
Our Life  Printing ink on aluminium
Nr.078 1999 Our Life Printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  Beset by Black  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.077 1999 Beset by Black printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
Christmas Eve  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.076 1998 Christmas Eve printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Selfportrait  Drawing scrached into printing ink on  steelplate
Nr.075 1998 Selfportrait Drawing scrached into printing ink on steelplate 76 x 104 cm
 Flake Board  as Workbench Protector
Nr.073 1998 Flake Board as Workbench Protector 64 x 90 cm
 Old Hides  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.072 1998 Old Hides printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Garden View  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.071 1998 Garden View printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Green Squares  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.070 1998 Green Squares printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  "My dad has died?" printing ink painted with my hands on aluminium
Nr.069 1997 "My dad has died?" printing ink painted with my hands on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Neon Trails  printing ink on  Styrofoam Board
Nr.068 1996 Neon Trails printing ink on Styrofoam Board 77 x 104 cm
  Blue Noise-White Noise  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.066 1996 Blue Noise-White Noise printing ink on aluminium 70 x 140 cm
  Taking a Walk with Yellow  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.065 1996 Taking a Walk with Yellow printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 You and me  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.063 1996 You and me printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  You and Me complementary  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.064 1996 You and Me complementary printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Unstable eqilibrium  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.062 1996 Unstable eqilibrium printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 Ordering of Photos after the Celebration of the Company's Jubilee  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.061 1996 Ordering of Photos after the Celebration of the Company's Jubilee printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
 the Crack  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.060 1996 the Crack printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm
  New England Holyday from "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne  printing ink on aluminium
Nr.059 1995 New England Holyday from "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne printing ink on aluminium 70 x 100 cm