has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
AT DEEPEST NIGHT WHEN THE SEA IS CALLING
2018
150 (w) x 120 (h) x 4,5 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
At deepest night
When my soul is aching
At deepest night
When the sea is calling
You can find me in the dark
And whatever fate will bring
No light will break my ark
CB 2018
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“The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore."
~ Vincent Van Gogh
THE DARK SIDES OF OUR EMERALD GREEN MOON
diptych 2018
acrylic and oil on canvas
250 (w) x 150 (h) x 4,5 cm
Everyone is a moon and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. But without darkness how would we know when we walk in light? Darkness is an antagonist of happiness and has its role to play. And sooner or later we accept our dark side, understanding it will help us to move with the light. Too much of everything can destroy us. Too much darkness can kill, but too much light can blind. Knowing both sides of our soul helps us to move forward in life. There is the darkness that frightens, the darkness that soothes and the darkness that is restful. There is a darkness of lovers, a darkness of losers and a darkness of warriors. Victory or defeat, rebirth or melancholy, time before sunrise or afterglow of the sunset, it becomes what we wish it to be. It's not wholly bad or good. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve our steps the next time. You can love the light for it shows us the way, yet we should welcome the darkness because it shows us the stars, the universe and the depth of our emerald green moon.
The diptych combines following 2 works and should "read" from left to right:
"LEAVE A CANDLE IN THE WINDOW"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2018, 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 4,5 cm
left part of the diptych
"LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2018, 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 4,5 cm
right part of the diptych
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"Truth will come to light."
~ William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, scene 2)
"The instruments of darkness tell us truths."
~ William Shakespeare (Macbeth, Act 1, scene 3)
THE SUMMER WHEN WE WERE QUEEN AND KING
2018
150 (w) x 120 (h) x 4,5 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
You and me
Do you remember
Sweet love, so pristine
Days and nights of summer
When you were queen
Me and you
Do you remember
Sweet love, poisoned sting
Chill and heat of summer
When I was king
Sometimes
I still remember
Sweet love, fading bloom
Inside a doomed summer
Your face and your perfume
CB/2018
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In other and very well-known words:
“I will remember the kisses
And how you gave me
Everything you had
And how I offered you
What was left of me.”
~ Charles Bukowski
IT IS ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN
Triptych 2016/17
380 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
LARGE-SIZED PAINTINGS.
LARGE-SIZED TRIOLOGY AS TRIPTYCH.
We are all connected with nature. If we are thoughtful, if we are regardful, we can feel and see the strong bonds between earth and us. From the beginning to the end of time life is dictated by light, seasons and by darkness, water and winds. We all have our fate. And we are on a lifelong journey from source to sea, from the mountains to the valleys. Life's path is no straight line but sometimes a labyrinth. We have to cross lightless forests and wintry plateaus, have to face strong storms and bleak deserts. But every trip, every turn and new risk makes us stronger and wiser. We are failing but learning. Day by day we come closer to our roots. Will we learn the lesson(s) and move on? We do need the night to recognize the beauty of light. It is so much more than a metaphor. Darkness is not the end. It is just the last step before the returning daylight. It can be an alliance or a duel, but in the end nature will always win.
I share the opinion of the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), that paintings contain not only a creative message as single piece. You can look at them also in a major conceptional context. This triology IT IS ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN combines three very poetic works (2016/2017) from aesthetic standpoints as well as with regard to contents.
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The triptych combines following works and should "read" from left to right:
"WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS ON SACRED LAND"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2017, 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
left part of the triptych
"WHERE THE WHITE WINDS BLOW II"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2016. 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
center part of the triptych
"WHEN MORNING CONQUERS THE DARK OF NIGHT"
arylic and oil on canvas, 2017, 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
right part of the triptych
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"It is said that the darkest hour is just before the dawn."
- Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
- Aristotle (384 - 322 BC)
WE’LL MEET AGAIN SOME SUNNY DAY
2017/2018
150 (w) x 120 (h) x 2 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
The inspiration: I was thinking about losses and goodbyes in dark times. But we shouldn’t give up. There is hope even in a hopeless world to find the way back to the light and love. The British song “We’ll Meet Again”, composed and written in 1939, says it all. This song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, and resonated with soldiers going off to fight and their families and sweethearts.
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We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds far away
(lyrics by Ross Parker/Hughie Charles 1939)
TIME IS DANCING FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE
Triptych 2017/2018
acrylic and oil on canvas
380 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
LARGE-SIZED PAINTINGS.
LARGE-SIZED TRIOLOGY AS TRIPTYCH.
I share the opinion of the famous Norwegian painter Edvard Munch (1863-1944), that paintings contain not only a creative message as single piece. You can look at them also in a major conceptional context. This triology TIME IS DANCING FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE combines three new and essential of my works (2016/2017) from aesthetic standpoints as well as with regard to contents.
One day from sunset to sunrise and from sunrise to sunset. One day and month, one season and year, one life. We are on a journey. There's no standstill. The clock is ticking. Carpe diem et memento mori. Time is dancing and fading. We all have a fate. But it's not of us to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. And so every day, every breath is precious and beyond retrieval. Scars remind us of our history. The small and the big stories of our life. We don't remember every face and place. But we feel what we were and what we are. Carpe diem et memento mori – remember that you will die and seize the day.
The triptych combines following works and should "read" from left to right:
"LET ME BELIEVE (TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT IV)"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2017, 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
left part of the triptych
"WE'LL MEET AGAIN SOME SUNNY DAY"
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2017/18 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
center part of the triptych
"TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD AND BEYOND"
arylic and oil on canvas, 2016, 120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
right part of the triptych
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"Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real."
- Cormac McCarthy (ex: All the Pretty Horses)
WHERE THE SUMMER NEVER ENDS II
2017/2018
150 (h) x 120 (w) x 4,5 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
Be aware I'm dreaming the dark
A fallen king, a stranded soul
Without a throne, without an ark
Somewhere, somehow
Wanna find shelter from the cold.
Can't you see I'm yearning for light
A ground to live, a space to be
A place to keep me warm at night
Somewhere far from here
Where the summer never ends.
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"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
Friedrich Nietzsche
AS IF THE MORNING SUN ENLIGHTENS THE SEA
2017/2018
acrylic and oil on canvas
120 (h) x 100 (w) x 4,5 cm
From the beginning
Until the end
Of time
Of love
Of us
Stand by me
As if
Your morning sun
Conquers the mist
Enlightens my sea
Be with me
As if
Your warming ray
Enriches the dawn
Gold-plates my day
From the end
Until a new beginning.
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“The sun is new each day.”
~ Heraclitus
“Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.”
~ Christopher Columbus
