Godesses

ARTEMIS is in Greek mythology the goddess of hunting, the forest, birth and the moon, as well as the guardian of women and children. She is one of the twelve great Olympian gods, making her one of the most important deities in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo. I have just completed four large-format paintings after several months of work that required a lot of heart and soul. They are vibrant, modern depictions of four Greek goddesses from ancient mythology. These works were particularly challenging for me because I had already dealt with the subject of Greek mythology in depth more than 20 years ago and produced countless works during that creative period. After making a clean break with this phase in the early 2000s, I was convinced that I had exhausted all aspects of the mythology motif and would never return. But then out of nowhere, the goddesses forced their way back into my painter's consciousness with all their might. As an artist, I knew I needed to act on this revelation. Alas, the results are very different from my earlier paintings: The deities are the same, but the context is different. It was important for me to express my enthusiasm for Greek antiquity and love for late Renaissance painting and Mannerism in these works while also dressing them in the garb of contemporary digital and pop culture aesthetics. Whether I have succeeded or not, I don't know.

Godesses

glamour of sex / glitz of violence

It's all about taste.

parallel dimensions

Just lips

Just lips

Just lips

Classicism, digital aesthetics, and pop,

Classicism, digital aesthetics, and pop,

Classicism, digital aesthetics, and pop,

Dancing digitally

Dancing digitally

Let's hope she is bullet proof

What is foreground and what is background?

What is foreground and what is background?

Are they pills or bullets?

Two pretty female faces distinguish themselves from the bright white light emanating from the background. If we look closely, we see that there is only one woman: The more prominently defined face on the right edge of the frame is a mirror image. The seductive look in the reflection is directed right at us. Next to that, the blurred features of a skull are visible, as if it were a hallucination. It is probably directly behind her. VANITAS, death is omnipresent. Electric blue butterflies float across the picture, symbols of transformation and rebirth.

A hallucination of death.

An angel of death.

Seduction or self protection?

Seduction or self protection?

Is she handcuffed?

Are you uncomfortable?

Tripping indeed...

Is this real or a hallucination?

Did we just take the wrong drugs?

Did we just take the wrong drugs?

Did we just take the wrong drugs?

Something is about to happen.

Are we invited?

Is there a formula for designing beauty?

Beauty surgery,... perhaps.

Beauty surgery,... perhaps.

Beauty surgery,... perhaps.

Are these two faces, or one face reflected in a mirror..?

Pure beauty....

No, it's not George Micheal...

Love...

Master and servant.

Master and servant.