Skadi Engeln, Landscape Interwoven with Blue and Green, Paint

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In this soft painting a semi-abstract landscape is presented, interwoven with stripes and lines. These elements are reminiscent of reflections … Read more In this soft painting a semi-abstract landscape is presented, interwoven with stripes and lines. These elements are reminiscent of reflections on screens, window panes, or curtains when we view a landscape, whether photographed or alive. These visual disturbances symbolize the veil that abstracts us humans from the direct perception of the world. Made with tempera and chalk on canvas.

They reflect the thoughts that accompany us as we view a landscape, as well as the music we listen to or the conversations we have while walking through it. At the same time, the lines refer to the traces of human impact on the landscape: interventions, measurements, planning, but also radiation and pollution. The introduction of vertical elements into the painted landscape is a reminder of all these aspects.

Similar to how Caspar David Friedrich in the Romantic era introduced the human being as a viewer into the painting, thereby pointing out his distance from nature, this work also illustrates the alienation and the simultaneous enduring connection of humans to the landscape. Signed by Maker See less