ADRACHMANN.DK
FORSIDE
The fish that sails amongst the stars crossing a universe of wonders
I made this painting for my friend Kenneth, he had a few bare walls and the birth of a child, I deemed this a perfect excuse to furnish him with this painting. It is of a fish made in 3D, as in a sculpture, on a canvas. It is painted like a koi-carp and seems to float amongst stars and ripples.
It is a previously abandoned canvas, recycled and restored. It has pap-mache structures attached, the red and white koi-carp being the largest. The background is blue with white ripples. The ripples are partially of paper and paint.
The ripples and froth around the fish, are partially inspired by the waves on the painting called Great Wave off of Kanagawa by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai and modern tribal tatoos. While the moon is inspired by the fictive shapes that early astronomers, as well as common men often see in the face of the moon.
This was a hard painting to paint, not in
it asking much of me physically, but the process of coming up with an
idea that fitted in with the life and ambitions of a good friend and
his family was hard. My final decision rested on the idea that I wanted
him to feel at home, as well as to see the start of a new journey. I
wanted his son who is now just over 1 year old, to have something
imaginative and colorful to look at and no doubt a talking piece for
when they have visitors.
BLUE RAGE
Blue rage is the name of a work I made between 2007 and 2008. It is the latest in my square series, which has roots in pointillism and op art, two styles that I adore. It took the good part of a year to make, though it was in creative bursts with long intervals. The painting was painted with acrylic paints, using tiny strokes of my brush or wooden pin. I had created a sky squares in the colours white and blue. Through which the plain background can be seen. The name which refers to the very elements of its design The chaotic pattern, refers directly to chaos, the unpredictable and rage. While the colours blue and white, refer in the modern tradition to the shirts and clothes of people in the white-collar-industries. A paradox it seems to cool it after two seemingly opposite things, but in truth, I believe them to be one and the same. A rotten exterior harbor often rotten innards. It is therefore a commentary to the way in which we live in this day and age. A mix of stress, depression, hate, rage all hidden by ironed shirts, ties and matching cuff links.
