South Holland

I AM THE SEA AND THE COAST (diptych)
diptych 2022
acrylic and oil on canvas
250 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
98,4 (w) x 59,1 (h) x 0,79 inches

TWO LARGE-SIZED PAINTINGS COMBINED
AS LARGE-SIZED DIPTYCH

Statement piece as large-sized diptych: 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. The diptych I AM THE SEA AND THE COAST combines two new and essential of my works from aesthetic standpoints as well as with regard to contents:

Inspired by endless summer walks along the coast of Mallorca…
The Morning – The Evening. Lights and colors during the day are different. There are similarities, but every phase of the day stays independent und has its very own feelings. The sea was, is and always will be a major place of longing for humans. The numeration is almost limitless: brightness, the Azure, summer (although I love the hibernal sea too), sand, waves, never ending noises of brakers and sea gulls, salt in the mouth and at the skin. Warmth, wanderlust and downtime. The sea deeply touches in its nativeness, autarchy, also destructiveness and its existence from the beginning to the end of all times. Everyone of us ties his own stories with the sea.

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The diptych combines following works and should "read" from left to right:

left part:
- The Morning -
WE ARE LIKE ISLANDS IN THE SEA
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2022
120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
47,2 (w) x 59,1 (h) x 0,79 inches

right part:
- The Evening -
BEFORE TWILIGHT KISSES THE SHORELINE
acrylic and oil on canvas, 2022
120 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
47,2 (w) x 59,1 (h) x 0,79 inches

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“You can never cross the ocean until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
- Christopher Columbus

“We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected on the deep.”
- William James