AUTUMN COLOURS – HERBSTFARBEN

Oil on Primed Fabric
32 x 12 x 1½ (inches)
February 2011

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6.5 x 5 (inches)
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About “Autumn Colours”

Most of my paintings start with an idea or a color combination. Then my imagination guides me to the end product. While I paint, I get carried away to images seen before. The color combinations may be random but they always take me to a place I have been before and soon later the title and the painting are then determined.

“Autumn Colours” reminded me of the long and beautiful falls back in my home country Germany. Falls are short in Texas where I live now. The colors don’t last. Within a couple of nights, temperatures drop and before the leaves even have a chance to change color, the wind already carries them away.

The image of the trees at the Palatinate Forest came back to mind, just like a Déjà Vu, making its way back to the surface. Long fall walks through foliage forests, bundled up in warm clothes, the weak sun rays shining through the tall trees painting them golden, red and beautifully bright, makes me raise my head and glance at the turquoise sky.

This image is stored in my memory forever and kept me happy throughout the long, gray and foggy winter months where candles and hot tea brightened my days until the first signs of spring showed up telling me that the wait for fresh and new colors is soon over and arriving.

“Autumn Colours” was painted on primed linen. The primer I use is made from natural ingredients: chalk, white pigments and hide glue. As a green artist, all ingredients are eco-friendly and home-made using traditional techniques. The frame is built from recycled wood and screwed on all four sides. The paint is made from natural pigments and linseed oil, the old, traditional way of mixing classic oil paint. With a palette knife, building up several layers from back to front, I combine the basic colors yellow, red and blue with white and some black.