untitiled (oil on canvas)

Cliff jumpers (oil on canvas)

conformist,non-conformist

With troubled mind we wonder 'What will happen in this night ,what will come and shake us from this dream? What waits for us in this life? ' .  So with troubled mind we wait in the stillness of the night, for life to take us by surprise.

Night 

I've been working with photographs and internet images as a base for sketches. Sometimes the ideas come first sometimes the sketches lead to ideas. The images are altered and rearranged, much like a collage. I then use these blueprints to create paintings or drawings. Different figures are juxtaposed together with various textures and landscapes. Sometimes the page is filled with characters, sometimes the figures are solitary creatures.

In the end they all reflect one thing; the human condition. They reflect our desires, our vices, our loneliness, our fears our vain hopes and our often illogical ways. They show our constant struggle as individuals in our society as we search for authenticity and self-knowledge.


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Wolfgang Hofmeister