Author Archives: Martin Kerntke

The theme of this work is the loss of nature. Nature is reduced to isolated islands within a man-made artificial environment. During the painting process, the nearly completed landscape painting of jungle-like floral structures was overprinted with magenta. Doing so, I destroyed the original work. This color reflects an artificial environment and contrasts well withContinue reading “Artifically Fragmented Nature, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 90 x 190 cm”

In this painting, floral structures symbolizing the nature are restricted to the margins of the canvas, whereas the center appears in an artificially appearing magenta color. The painting also covers the four faces of the stretcher frame. These 3-D appearances open various perspectives to the viewers. But it’s obvious that the cancer-like destruction of ourContinue reading “Nature on the Edge, 2015, Oil on Canvas, 130 x 100 x 6,5 cm”