Narrative Paintings, 2009-2010

I solidified my initial stylistic choices in regards to narrative painting and drawing in 2009-2010, when still studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. How to narrate a person or situation visually?  How do symbols, geometries and figuration interact? How do narration and portraiture overlap?

I experimented both in large and small scale, to get a deeper feeling of how physical size influences the viewing experience and the work’s emotionality.

Works from this series have been exhibited at Das Weisse Haus (Vienna), Galerie Frey (Vienna), Galerie Schloss Parz, Kunstverein Mistelbach, Museum Angerlehner, Salve Art Gallery (Leipzig), Künstlerhaus Wien etc.

Quiet Explosion, 2010 | oil on canvas
24 × 30 cm
Not, 2008 | oil on canvas
120 × 180 cm
Now, 2008 | oil on canvas
120 × 180 cm
Focus, 2009 | oil on canvas
130 × 200 cm
Procession, 2009 | oil on two canvases
190 × 200 cm
Untitled, 2010 | oil on canvas
24 × 30 cm
Inertia, 2010 | oil on canvas
30 × 24 cm
Wasser, 2010 | oil on canvas
40 × 80 cm
Parade, 2008 | oil on canvas
70 × 170 cm
Female Portrait 1, 2010 | ink on paper
42 × 29 cm
Female Portrait 2, 2010 | ink on paper
42 × 29 cm
Inertia, 2010 | ink on paper
42 × 29 cm
Female Portrait, 2009 | pencil on paper
42 × 29 cm
Untitled, 2009 | pencil on paper
29 × 42 cm
Female Portrait, 2009 | pencil on paper
42 × 29 cm