This bold, expressive piece pulls the viewer into a world where dynamic forms and colors collide—organic yet abstract, raw yet harmonious. Layers of energy seem to pulse across the canvas, echoing the rhythm of nature itself. Vivid greens evoke growth, vitality, and the unstoppable force of vegetation, while fiery yellows and reds radiate warmth, life,Continue reading “Pulsating Nature, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 160 x 140 cm”
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Blue Cat, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 220 x 300 cm
This work offers a profound reflection on the relationship between nature, perception, and artistic abstraction. The depiction of a cat, its striking blue fur vividly contrasting with a dense web of black-and-white tones, immediately captivates the viewer. Embedded within an almost chaotic, tangled network of branches and leaves, the piece creates a dialogue between theContinue reading “Blue Cat, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 220 x 300 cm”
Urban Crime 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 200 cm
“Urban Crime” is a vivid, abstract portrayal of the pulsating energy and tension of city life at night. The deep blues and striking yellows create a nocturnal atmosphere, with white arcs and scattered circles evoking the glow of streetlights, the flow of traffic, and the chaos of emergency scenes.Hints of red and yellow suggest flashingContinue reading “Urban Crime 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 200 cm”
Butscha, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 90x 190 cm
The painting ‘Butscha’ bears a powerful message that leads the viewer into a realm of remembrance and reflection upon the tragic events in Ukraine. It is held in striking black and white tones and dark browns, depicting destroyed houses, ruins peppered with bullet holes, and an avenue filled with craters leading into nowhere. Rust-colored tankContinue reading “Butscha, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 90x 190 cm”
Fenced Toxic Lake, 2023, Oil on Canvas 60 x 88 cm
View of an abstract-looking landscape. Some recognizable features include a few shorelines in a yellow broth with peculiar contents, alongside what seems to be dying tree trunks in the upper left corner of the painting. Additionally, there are foam heads in red mud along the banks. However, the significance of all this is brought toContinue reading “Fenced Toxic Lake, 2023, Oil on Canvas 60 x 88 cm”
Landscape with Trees III, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 160 x 120 cm
In this striking painting by Kerntke, a vibrant landscape unfolds, characterized by masterfully composed patches of color that particularly accentuate the foreground. Deep red subtropical earth tones stand in stark contrast to the multi-layered shades of the leaf-covered olive tree trunk. Chaos seems to emerge from the black grid-like structures intersecting the branches, intricately wovenContinue reading “Landscape with Trees III, 2023, Oil on Canvas, 160 x 120 cm”
Pricing and Quality
My paintings are all unique pieces of a real original art. There are no prints commercially available so far, it’s not digital, no NFT, it exists only once in oil. So unlike digital art prints this mine are long lasting ones, and do not depend on any short living software or technical devices for presentation.Continue reading “Pricing and Quality “
Duck Hostal, 2022, Oil on Canvas, 100 x 80 cm
The idea for this painting goes back to a small shelter house for ducks in my vicinity. So it’s really existing! The topic is actually highly prominent these days. Generally speaking, refugees are looking for shelter. The old story of wealth and poverty: those living uphill in nice, secured villas and those living in anContinue reading “Duck Hostal, 2022, Oil on Canvas, 100 x 80 cm”
In Park , 2022, Oil on Canvas, 91 x 105 cm
This painting is influenced by frequent walks I made during pandemic times along the nearby creak named Alster. The riverbanks within the northern part of Hamburg are characterized by a park-like landscape with lots of trees, swamps, roots, small ponds and some fens. A green natural resort and an antipode of urbanity. The ponds in theContinue reading “In Park , 2022, Oil on Canvas, 91 x 105 cm”
Hidden Eyes, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 124 x 168 cm
Cats and pets are an old topic in art. There is probably nothing special about cats and dogs in paintings. Lions in paintings date back as early as 32,000 years ago. Therefore, the list of its portraits is long around the globe. In painting, cats became very prominent, especially in Europe in the 20th century: Continue reading “Hidden Eyes, 2021, Oil on Canvas, 124 x 168 cm”