Exploring Half-Timbered Architecture Through the Artistic Lens
In 2018, an encounter with half-timbered buildings in eastern Germany sparked an artistic journey centered around the intricate forms and divisions of space found in this traditional architectural style. Combining oil, acrylic, gouache, and various mixed media, the artist delves into the structural and decorative elements of Fachwerkhäuser, using them as pictorial tools that mirror the convergence of architectural observation and modern visual expression.
I became fascinated by half-timbered buildings as an inspiration for painting during my residence in Germany in 2018. I made drawings of half-timbered houses or Fachwerkhäuser, mainly in eastern Germany, in the Oberlausitz area. The wall surfaces of the buildings are divided into forms in which structural use and decorative effect meet. I returned to Germany the following year to deepen my understanding of the material.
Traditional half-timbered architecture in central Europe exhibits forms and divisions of space—combinations of diagonals and quadrangles, different variations of white and light coloured areas—that became my pictorial tools. Based on the architectural material that I collected, my paintings display points of convergence with many forms of visual expression employed in modern art. They also reflect the aspect of my personality that is playful and full of wonder.
The paintings represent imperfect systems that touch and are in dialogue with one another. These create the structure which is the result of observation and analysis.
Fachwerk Und 50, 2020, oil & acrylic on canvasFachwerk Und 49, 2020, oil on canvas, 43 x 65 cmFachwerk Und 48, 2020, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cmFachwerk Und 46, 2020, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cmFachwerk Und 45, oil & acrylic on canvas, 81 x 65 cmFachwerk Und 44, 2020, acrylic, wood, aluminium, 26 x 266 x 9 cmFachwerk Und 43, 2020, oil on canvas, 43 x 65 cmFachwerk Und 38, 2020, gouache on paperFachwerk Und 37Fachwerk Und 35, 2020, gouache on paper, 76 x 56 cmFachwerk Und 33, 2020, acrylic, wood, house paint on hardboard, 78 x 33 cmFachwerk Und 32, 2020, acrylic, wood, house paint on hardboard, 78 x 33 cmFachwerk Und 31, 2020, acrylic, wood, house paint on hardboard, 78 x 33 cmFachwerk Und 30 / Big Colr 10, 2020, oil on canvas, 120 x 180 cmFachwerk Und 29, 2020, acrylic, gouache and colored pencil on paper, 56×76 cmFachwerk Und 28, 2020, Gouache on paper, 76×56 cmFachwerk Und 26, 2019, oil on canvas, diameter 21 cmFachwerk Und 25, 2019, oil on canvas, 24 x 35 cmFachwerk Und 24, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas, 81 x 65 cmFachwerk Und 23, 2020, oil and acrylic on canvas, 81 x 65 cmFachwerk Und 22, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 81×65 cmFachwerk Und 21, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 81 x 65 cmFachwerk Und 20, 2019, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cmFachwerk Und 19.1 – 19.9, 2020, felt – tip pen drawings, 21 x 29cm eachFachwerk Und 18, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 111 cm or 111 x 84 cm ( The work can be viewed from any direction )Fachwerk Und 17, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 79×60 cmFachwerk Und 16, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 80 x 60 cmFachwerk Und 15, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 100×150 cmFachwerk Und 13, 2019, oil on canvasFachwerk Und 12, 2019, oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cmFachwerk Und 04, 2019, watercolor on paper, 24 x 32 cmFachwerk Und 03, 2019, oil on canvas, 39 x 61 cmFachwerk Und 02, 2019, oil on canvas, 19 x 18,5 cmFachwerk Und 01, 2018, oil on canvas, 19 x 27 cm
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