Monochrome Flow II
| Edition | Original Art |
|---|---|
| Sujet | Abstract |
| Technique | Painting |
| Height | 80 cm |
| Width | 80 cm |
| Length/Depth | 3.3 cm |
“Monochrome Flow II”
- 80cm x 80cm
- Acrylic and epoxy resin on wood
Having worked almost exclusively in black and white for years, by the end of 2024 I felt a growing desire to work more with colour. The Monochrome Flow series was created as part of the overarching theme ‘Colourful Playground’.
In this series, I focused on playing with different shades of a single colour – with the aim of capturing the perfection of imperfection in my use of colour. The series served as preparatory work for my paintings in the ‘Hues of Healing’ series.
Through the deliberate use of epoxy resin in the areas where the paint had run, I sought to preserve the sensation of wet paint – that moment when everything could still change. The resin was applied in a single layer and was allowed to find its own path in places. As a result, it is thinner in some areas and thicker in others – just like the paint itself during the creative process.
The resin not only enhances the impression of freshness and movement, but also preserves all the tiny traces of the painting process: fine cracks, flaking paint and even the odd brush hair.
To further distance myself from the pursuit of perfection, I have deliberately left the edges of the painting untreated. The raw spruce wood, bearing traces of paint that has run down it, remains visible as an honest testament to the creative process.
Anna Lena Wirth
My aim has always been to portray people as individuals. For many years, I painted portraits, believing that people’s faces best reflect their identities. When, whilst studying art at the University of Wuppertal, I came into contact with dementia within my personal circle and attempted to depict the process of forgetting, I reached my limits. A person’s outward appearance could not reflect their inner processes. In search of a solution to my problem, I gradually moved away from depicting faces, until I eventually omitted them entirely. Since then, my works have played with the identities and realities of the people depicted. Through a blend of figurative, realistic and abstract elements, I allow the viewer to look behind the façade of faces, into the feelings and thoughts of the figures portrayed.
My in-depth exploration of this subject matter – including in my Bachelor’s thesis in painting – continues to shape my painting style to this day and inspires me to constantly reinterpret a wide variety of themes relating to the human condition. I prefer to work in series, in which I explore individual themes in depth and interpret them in various ways.
Exhibitions:
2022 – Screenshot, Wuppertal
; 2022 – CoroArt, Wuppertal
; 2023 – Screenshot, Wuppertal
; 2024 – Exhibition, Hamburg
; 2025 – ‘Hues of Healing’ exhibition, Abtsgmünd
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