The paintings in Catalogue 1 are works with gold leaf and natural mineral pigments. These pigments are hand ground from rocks and crystals. This includes lapis lazuli and azurite (blue pigments), malachite (green) and cinnabar (red). In the European tradition, these pigments were superseded in the 19th century as the developing chemical industry started to produce synthetic pigments. For further explanation about these pigments go to “The Renaissance Palette” https://michaelprice.info/mineral-pigments/
Chroma-Scapes
Chroma-Scapes (2024)
These works perform as a conceptual transfiguration of a landscape into a chromatic composition based upon the pigment particle size of the prepared rocks and crystals. The layers of colour of the natural mineral pigments create a chromatic depth to unify the compositional elements which perform like a landscape memory, or dream. Pure gold leaf and white gold as final layers, or under-layers for other colours are integral in creating a luminous chromatic experience.
Resurrection Adventures
Alchemical Metamorphoses
Am Anfang war das Nichts. (In the beginning there was Nothing)
This work in progress (2024) – Am Anfang war das Nichts – (In the Beginning there was Nothing) will consist of twelve paintings in collaboration with Simone Leona Hueber, actress and author of the text in German.