1960’s Paintings and Drawings
Town on a Slope
From imagination this suburb town, seen from above has a tendency toward a semi-abstract look but form and colour rather representational. Oil on canvas , 66 cm x 78 cm / 1964
Stormy Forest
Spelling it out – the title made it less suspenseful.
Still Life – Blue Vase and Flowers
Flower arrangement, composed of 4, each of primary colours. Oil on Canvas / 81 cm x 61 cm / 1964
St. Andre de Cubzac
Town of St. Andre de Cubzac, France, seen as it was in the 19th Century. Hometown of my late wife, Jeanine. The background with its vineyards and water tower is still the same. Modeling past and oil on Masonite / 60 cm x 90 cm / 1964
Sleeping Land
Winter is another word for this image. Oil on canvas / 76 cm x 101 cm / 1962 Sold
Anne Neely
At a Northern Ontario Exhibition in Timmins, they awarded me with three first prizes and sent the portrait of Ms. Anne Neely to Toronto’s National Exhibition. The Portrait remained with the family at Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Oil on canvas board / 50 cm x 40 cm / 1954
Canadian Still-life
The painting although called representational, the arrangement of this Still-life is symbolic if not surreal. Oil on canvas board / 30 cm x 35 cm / 1954
Jeanine / Inward
Spatial painting, expressed with effective colours and depth, still representational in my development. Jeanine is reflecting on something while sitting. Oil on canvas board / 40 cm x 30 cm / 1959
Niagara Falls Frozen
Niagara Falls in Winter appears frozen and without thunder; still showing its impressive size. One of many interpretations a painter can have. Modeling Paste / Oil on Masonite / 61 cm x 91 cm / 1964
Theme & Multiplication
The theme, only a part of this composition, could be theoretically multiplied infinitely smaller or larger. Acrylic on Canvas 84 cm x 91 cm / 1967
Kaleidoscopic Space
Suggesting on the horizon, a window to Infinity. Acrylic on canvas / 96 cm x 81 cm / 1967
Unite Divisions
Is there nothing anymore to unite us? A glitter in the eye, a gesture of a hand, a touch, a sound ‑Are we bound To the end? Many steps have Divided us, Bridges broken down to raving depth from heights but silence, above all, has created a storm and blown out love and lights. Acrylic on […]
Orpheus & Eurydice, #1
Orpheus looking back at Eurydice who is about to disappear to the underworld. Oil on Masonite / 94 cm x 71 cm / 1965
Town-Planning
What do we do with all the space left but dwindling resources? Acrylic on Canvas / 96 cm x 81 cm / 1967
Split Level
Hard Edge inspired me to formulate exterior and interior architectural zones, composing my forms and colours aesthetically. Acrylic on Canvas / 81 cm x 96 cm / 1967
Society and the Unexplored
Has perhaps a twofold meaning: One, the virtual expansion of land. Two, the other expansion of the mind. Acrylic on Canvas / 46 cm x 66 cm / 1967 / Sold
Exit
Sometimes much of darkness around us, however, it is invigorating to see at the end of the tunnel a way out. Acrylic on Masonite / 124 cm x 101 cm / 1966
Vision Concentrated
Technology is transmitting everything to us in a small, concentrated space. Acrylic and tape on canvas / 81 cm x 96 cm, / 1967
On Rainy Days
Comical, like in comic strips, carpet-bombing with no damage. Acrylic on Canvas / 83.8 cm x 101.6 cm / 1967
Boat with Moon
A slightly romantic setting of distant past. Mod. Paste & Oil on Masonite / 69.8 cm x 49.5 cm / Sold
Evil Exposed
Little devils, mischievous, light fires at all corners of the earth. Images that amuse when seen from the outside, appearing as comic strips, but felt within, the blazes burn like senseless hell. Eyes go astray and what we call soul becomes tormented by evaporating brains from glows of torturous tools while charity plunges into the […]
Foundry
Tribute to my hometown Eisenerz, Austria, where the Romans mined for iron, then the locals since the 8th century. I was also thinking of Hamilton, Ontario iron works. Oil on Canvas / 86 cm x 91 cm / 1966 / Sold
Laundry in Spring
In the series of “Laundry” paintings, this image shows the newness of Cloth, as well as a new season of the year. Oil on Masonite / 53 cm x 56 cm / 1966
Laundry in Landscape
From the series “Laundry”, the drying of clothes on a line as it used to be. Oil on Canvas / 96 cm x 89 cm / 1966
Laundry Above
From the series “Laundry”. Various sheets of cloth seen from below. Acrylic on Masonite / 80 cm x 90 cm / 1966
Flashlight on Laundry
From the series “Laundry”. A view of a large attic, checking in the evening if the laundry was dry. Oil on Canvas / 78 cm x 94 cm / 1966
City Laundry #1
From the Series “Laundry”. In narrow European streets the laundry would hang outdoors to dry. Oil on Canvas / 96 cm x 81 cm / 1966
City Laundry #2
From the series “Laundry”. Somewhere in the past in a neglected city, a refreshing sign of cleanliness. Oil on Canvas / 101 cm x 76 cm / 1966 / Sold
Three Kings
The three Kings in their magical appearance at Bethlehem, according to the Gospels of the New Testament. Oil on Canvas / 121 cm x 101 cm / 1966-67 /
Hanging Laundry
Figurative: From the series “Laundry” , hanging clothes in the city on top of an apartment building. Oil on Canvas / 96 cm x 81 cm / 1966
Overgrown Flowers
Semi-abstract. Painterly with spatial areas of magnified object. Acrylic on Canvas / 76 cm x 83 cm / 1967 / Gifted
Between Worlds
We are between worlds in the spectrum of all elements the Universe has to offer. Acrylic on Canvas / 81 cm x 81 cm / 1967
Composition with Black Circle
Square shapes and primary colours float over white space with contrasted black sphere. Oil on Masonite / 61 cm x 91 cm / 1966
Nude Sitting
Composition of a reclining woman. Oil on Canvas / 91 cm x 71 cm / 1966
And Space Above
Town scape with far-reaching space above. Acrylic on Canvas / 142 cm x 81 cm / 1967
Icarus of the 20th Century
The earth evolved, ended up with humans that acknowledge the Universe, engage eternally, as last century in spaceflight, to conquer the impossible, as Icarus on his flight to the sun. Acrylic on Canvas / 152 cm x 101 cm / 1967
Mild Evening
A nocturne, meditative and serene. Oil on Wood Panel / 53 cm x 56 cm / 1964
Night Life
Vibrant colours and energy of night. Oil on Cardboard / 35 cm x 46 cm / 1964
Message (Vision)
In the Vision is the Message, without words. Oil on Canvas / 112 cm x 81 cm / 1962
Landscape in Autumn
Form and colour inspired by autumn in Canada.
Light Reveals Darkness
Conceptual rendering. Oil on Canvas / 48 cm x 35 cm / 1963 / at Vienna
Homecoming
Coming home from work, a welcome reception from my family. The warm glow of domestic peace. Oil on Canvas / 71 cm x 81 cm / 1964 / Sold.
Golden Era’s Remnant
The ambiguous leftover of treasures. Oil on Canvas / 81 cm x 101 cm / 1963
Decision at Dawn
Partially inspired by the Novel, “All Quiet on the Western Front”. A moment of tense, important discussion between two characters. Technically, areas are treated with interwoven brush strokes that create a dimension and the chilly colours tell the mood of the situation. Oil on Canvas / 127 cm x 81 cm / 1962
Beyond my Recollection
A series of paintings in a similar manner of brush strokes, that give the areas an almost poetic life. The subject is a psychological dilemma in which I am trying to solve what I vaguely remember only in a visual presentation. Oil on Canvas / 116cm x 86 cm / 1962
Fragmentary Figure
Study in copper tones. Oil on Canvas / 81 cm x 51 cm / 1963
Day of Wonder
Perhaps one could assert that abstract art is the biggest victory over the indescribable. To create from the unconscious is more to the point, original as conscious work, providing the artist has made the transition from an apparent reality to a reality within his mind. Much is happening and one wonders how to interpret what one […]
Countryside
I believe Paul Cézanne is looking over my shoulder, and what an honour! Oil on Canvas / 81 cm x 91 cm / 1964 / Sold
Conclusion in Sadness
Regarding the title I ask myself, why? But otherwise a commendable painting. Oil on Canvas / 101 cm x 86 cm / 1962
Bridge Burned
How many Bridges does one burn in a lifetime? Oil on Canvas / 84 cm x 117 cm / 1962 / SOLD
Bouquet
My wife, Jeanine, inspired me constantly to paint every so often a flower Still-life. Oil on Masonite / 61 cm x 46 cm / 1964
Blue Fruit – Still-life
Neo-cubistic approach to Still-life. Oil on Wood Panel / 30.4 cm x 43.2 cm / 1964
Attic Collections
Items from the past that we seldom see. Oil on Canvas / 76 cm x 86 cm / 1964
Village of the Past
Architectural remnant of an old town. Acrylic on canvas / air brush / 88.9 x 101.6 cm / 1969 / Gifted.
Shrinking Reservoir
Shortage of element H2O. Mod. Paste & Acrylic, Air brush on canvas / 60.9 x 66.0 cm / 1969
On the Moon
Spaceship on the moon with the blue earth. From my “Moon” series. Not surprisingly a painting inspired by the Lunar Landings. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic / air brush on canvas / 76.2 x 91.4 cm / 1969
Journey’s End in Galaxy X
The hypothetical assumption of someone visiting a planet where life evaporated. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic/ air brush on canvas / 101.6 x 121.9 cm / 1969
Island in Space
Seemingly weightless mass in, not out of our space. Acrylic on Canvas / 76.2 x 76.2 cm / 1968
First and Last Act of Civilisation
Unlike in a play, where the last act can show a change from the first act – in human history the last act may be as void as it was in the beginning. Mod. Paste / Acrylic on canvas / 60.9 x 66.0 cm / 1969
Expiration
This painting belongs to the Series “The Element: CREATION” – in itself the title of a painting that illustrates the Big Bang theory. The series then ends with EXPIRATION assuming, as shown, that all created bodies expire eventually from the centre out, the same way everything began. Acrylic with air brush on canvas 86.3 x […]
Rising Earth over Moon
From the Series THE ELEMENT: CREATION. Modeling Paste, Acrylic w. air brush over canvas / 1969
Dividing Wall
SING TO THE WALL A REQUIEM, a wall, dividing you and me – dividing us since I remember. Once I assumed that you were I, until it proved that suspicion looked secretly through mirrors loopholes, striking me as a game one grows tired of. / Sing to the walls, invisible, raised between mankind, dividing him since […]
Creation
This painting is the introduction to the Series “The element: CREATION”. It simulates the Big Bang theory. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic/ Air brush on canvas / 96.5 x 76.2 cm / 1969 / Gifted to Grandson
Condition Unchanged
From the Series “The Element: Creation”. Within its body the Moonscape remains strangely unchanged. Mod. Paste / Acrylic / Air brush on canvas / 78.7 x 83.9 cm / 1969
Communication Gap
The bridge destroyed is to everything our life depends on the worst loss of man. Mod. Paste/ Acrylic/ Air brush on canvas / 104.1 x 83.8 cm / 1969
City’s Pollution
Although pollution usually appears grey, in my rendering one may associate the yellows with the toxic acids that circle a city. Mod. Paste & Acrylic on canvas / 81.2 x 101.6 cm / 1968
And Time Began
From the Series “CREATION” a Spaceman at the rim of a crater. Only with his appearance time on the moon begins ticking. Mixed media, Acrylic w. Air brush on canvas / 81.2 x 91.4 cm /
Star of Solitude
Something that in the Universe barely exists but from the human experience, relating to our surrounding, one may sometimes feel that way. Acrylic and air brush on canvas / 76.2 x 81.2 cm / 1969
Moon with Planets
An arrangement of heavenly bodies as we never see. Mixed media / Oil on Masonite / 76.2 x 49.5 cm / 1969
Ancient Castle
The subject of this residence, so remote as fairy tales, is in the twilight unrecognizable but filled with warm surrounding. Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 101.6 cm / 1964 / sold
Two Children
When after having have lost each other, then meet again, it is a good reason to embrace. The original title was “Found Again.” Oil on canvas / 71.1 cm x 45.7 cm / 1961
Flower Still-life
This is in colour a more subdued composition with minor emphasis on reality or the flowers themselves. Oil on canvas / 50.8 x 40.6 cm / 1961
Tribute to Rembrandt
In the original, Rembrandt painted his son, reading. In my version however, I was trying to capture the essence of what made this painter so different from other painters. My tribute to Rembrandt is not meant as a copy of the original with his skill in technique or observation but, although in an semi-abstract manner, to emphasize the mystery and depth he […]
Tower of Babylon
A mythical expression of something that is unreachable, we use it symbolically for something that goes over our head and other things we treat at the top while the foundation decays. Oil on canvas / 91.4 x 66.0 cm / 1961
Three Figures
The resemblance of figures in this composition is very slim but there is a certain dimension in the structure I pursued. Oil on canvas / 71.1 x 45.7 cm / 1961
The Egyptians
Fascinated by the culture, workmanship, artistic concept and beliefs of the Egyptians, I was inspired to portray pyramids, sculptured sphinx and colours what characterises their grand scale thinking. Oil on canvas, 71.1 x 91.4 cm / 1960
Thanksgiving
At the arrival of autumn and harvest the colours are golden against the blue sky . Oil on canvas / 69.9 x 76.2 cm / 1960
Sudden Freedom
The blinding light after being kept in darkness. Applies also to no physical rescue and change but here through images expressed metaphorically. Oil on Canvas / 55.8 x 40.6 cm / 1960 / Sold
Subject Enclosed
Must leave it to the viewer to feel if anything encloses anything. ? Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 55.8 cm / 1960
Sculptor’s Dream
In the preparation of a sculpture, the artist is dreaming of the basic structure of a sphinx of which the Egyptians were so well in command. The yellow sand and gold are a symbol of their heritage and the white is a window that has allowed us to experience their culture. Oil on canvas / […]
Quartet / 61
The warm colours of this venue in a chamber music setting reflects the possible pleasant sound. Oil on Canvas / 81.2 x 66.0 cm / 1961
Out of Paradise
Yes, so it is told in Genesis but frequently in life we are losing our current grace and stand before a new beginning. Oil on Canvas board / 66.0 x 55.8 cm / 1960
Lake / 60
Lake with mountains as I remembered. Oil on canvas / 55.6 x 40.6 cm / 1960
Insight
So much that we are trying to find out and to know; searching for insight. Oil on canvas / 76.2 x 60.9 cm / 1961
Jeanine, my Wife
When I drew this portrait of my wife, Jeanine between 1965 and 1970, I worked mainly on Semi- and Abstract images and several different techniques. However, my wife’s feature inspired me to draw a portrait in a conventional style. Brown pencil drawing on off-white paper / 27 cm x 17 cm / 1965 – 1970
Gothic Architecture
In the thirteenth and fourteenth Century,the builders made it their task to reach the heavens, as well as it became a Christian spiritual journey in Europe. My emphasis in this painting is the harmony of various forms that rise vertically into the sky. Oil on Canvas / 66.0 x 40.6 cm / 1960
Friendly Avenue
A bird’s eye view of a city street. Its buildings and joyous colours seem to open the avenue. Creon drawing and watercolours on paper / 1961
Flower Still-life / Turquoise
Among the many Semi-Abstract and Abstract painting surfaces a Representational joyful image in colour and form, balanced image. Oil on Canvas / 66.0 x 45.7 cm / 1961
Eternal Light
The constant energy present in the Universe and Space or the constant light displayed in Churches that emulate spiritually the Eternal Light. Oil on Canvas / 81.2 x 76.2 cm / 1961
Dwelling
Unusual configuration of housing, in pieces, taken apart as it were. Oil on canvas / 76 cm x 55 cm / 1961
Cosmic View
Lines and masses structural in rotation. Perhaps more to think about than see. Oil on Canvas / 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 1961
Bastion Concrete
Within a threat being safe and trying to defend a principal. Oil on Canvas / 88.9 x 76.2 cm / 1961
City Scape
A more painterly, less architectural constructed city in a friendly, golden light. Oil on canvas / 91.4 x 71.1 cm / 1961
Village by the Sea
Reflecting the sea in buildings on the shore. Modeling Paste & Oil on canvas / 50.8 x 60.0 cm / 1964
Orange in Landscape
The title should be “Orange colour in Landscape”, used here to give the green a livelier and more interesting contrast. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 76.2 cm / 1961
Atlantis, sunken City
My fascination with this ancient myth of a highly civilized, technically advanced city that one unknown day submerged into the Ocean. Oil on canvas / 78.8 x 101.6 cm / 1960
Beast in Landscape
Since the colour green reminds us of all its different shades in nature, painters have almost found it NOT employable in semi-abstract expressions. It seems to lack depth and has symbolically little to say. Unlike the primary colours. They have many meanings. For example, Blue can be mysterious, expresses the infinite, and symbolizes Heaven. Yellow […]
Group of Trees
Sculptured trees seen reflected as in water. Oil on canvas / 55.8 x 76.2 cm / 1961
Head in Landscape
Since the colour green reminds us of all its different shades in nature, painters have almost found it NOT employable in semi-abstract expressions. It seems to lack depth and has symbolically little to say about relation to life. Unlike the primary colours. However, an old saying exclaims, hope is green and the romantic novelists hinted […]
Wrecking Crew
As for the subject I do not remember how this came to mind but has to do with housing projects when rightly or wrongly a tenant has to move out. As to the method of Hard Edge paintings, refer to image Cliff Structure. Oil glazing on canvas / 88.9 x 78.7 cm / 1965
Rocket Launch Pad
A special time in the 1960’s of space exploration, observing those rockets blast off; suspenseful if the intended hardware or human, his mission, will succeed. It lead to fierce competition between the USA and Russia to conquer this new frontier. They created mistrust that escalated the Cold War. At the same time, because of enormous […]
Northern Forest
A mixture of healthy and decaying trees, brushwork laying criss-cross at the edge of lakes, ponds, stagnant waters with rock formation surfacing. As to the method of Hard Edge paintings, refer to image Cliff Structure. Oil glazing on canvas / 76.2 x 81.2 cm / 1965 / Sold od
Urban Architecture
My own design of a modern structure newly arisen in cities during this time. The slightly leaning vertical in the building is a hint of its vulnerability over time. As to the method of Hard Edge paintings, refer to image Cliff Structure. Oil glazing on canvas / 81.2 x 50.8 cm / 1965
Order & Calculation Intruding
In my last three Hard Edge paintings before the decade of the sixties ended, I refrained from geometrical straight lines and employed open, loose forms. In this painting a small square that appears constructive and organized enters from the left like an intrusion. As to the method of Hard Edge paintings, refer to image Cliff […]
Stretching and Yawning
In my last three Hard Edge paintings before the decade of the sixties ended, I refrained from geometrical straight lines and employed open, loose forms. After finishing this canvas, the central ‘figure’ suggested the comical title. As to the method of Hard Edge paintings, refer to image Cliff Structure. Acrylic on canvas / 121.9 x […]
Collage
To change the texture of the composition I employed different materials. A plain aesthetic experiment. Mixed media on Masonite / 50 x 50 cm / 1965
Festival Salzburg
Inspiration to this work is a result from listening to Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto with its gracious, majestic passages. By using warm colours that surface amidst meditative blues and violets and this semi-abstract rendering combines an architectural composition that has traces of Salzburg, Mozart’s hometown. Oil on canvas / 71.1 x 81.2 cm / 1960
Cliff Structure
The choice of cliffs as subject lent itself using the Hard Edge technique to achieve a dimensional appearance. This is technically one of seven first Hard Edge paintings. Although this Hard Edge term existed already for ten years (of which I was barely aware), my work is totally without influence and does not resemble any […]
Industry
not comment yet – oil on canvas
Archeological Findings
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Diagonal
No comment – Oil on Canvas – 1967
