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Energy in Space
In space and time – on earth the Egyptian’s worship. Oil on Canvas / 96 cm x 76 cm / 1999
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
Clouds Below #2
Study and view above clouds. Oil on Canvas / 56 cm x 71 cm / 1997
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
Sculpture Relief by Donatello
This is the study from a cast copy relief, sculptured by Donatello. Pencil on paper /1950
Laundry Above
From the series “Laundry”. Various sheets of cloth seen from below. Acrylic on Masonite / 80 cm x 90 cm / 1966
Knight to Jerusalem
From my watercolour series, a suggestive rendering of the subject. Creon drawing and watercolour on paper / 1959
Deserted Postcard Resort
Beautiful scenery seen on my travel in Spain. However, in this painting of Collioure, St. Vincent Beach, the town is void of any human population. Notice in front of the boats two giant figure imprints in the sand and a large beach ball beside. Oil on Canvas / 60.9 x 81.2 cm / 1986
Distant Promise
Between the presence, facing as it were a landscape, and reflection in our mind, we search for hope on the horizon – far distant. Acrylic on Canvas / 76 cm x 61 cm / 2002
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
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
Trevor / 2010
Dressed for the winter, visiting the countryside with his dad, going for a sleigh ride. Portrait, Pencil on paper / 35.5 x 28 cm / 2010
Cataclysm
This composition depicting a natural disaster exposes the fear and angst of the living on our planet. Black and white heightens the drama. Black ink wash over pen drawing / 1953
Transition / Sketch
A sketch to a later painting with the same title. Showing a figure entering a different sphere. Pen drawing on paper / 21 cm x 28 cm / 1979
Lost Civilisation
At Angkor Wat, once again, my fascination of ancient empires as in “Lost Civilisation” at Cambodia of Khmer people, who were followers of Buddhism and ancestor-spirit worship. The monumental architecture with inserted sculptured portraits is most distinctive. Acrylic on Canvas / 101.6 x 76.2 cm / 2000
Study – Vienna / 52
Lines and tonal accents in this model’s appearance are brought to the essential. (Vienna Academy) Pencil on paper / 1952
Roses in Landscape #1
Unusual arrangement of a still-life. Oil on canvas / 61 cm x 51 cm / 1992
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
Helmut / 1949
Portrait, the profile of my nephew, Helmut. Pencil on paper / 1949
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.
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
Riches of the Earth #1
My impressions of Kirkland Lake’s Mines of the past, with its internal structures we never see. Oil on Canvas / 51 cm x 66 cm / 1959
St. Peter Chapel
Town of Eisenerz below in the valley. Mount Seemauer in the distance. Pencil drawing on paper / 1950
Middle east Metamorphosis
In my painting, the middle part is showing an Egyptian Pyramid, intact millennia ago, under blue sky. To either side we see the presence, and over time the decay, of Greek and Roman structures. The dark, smoky clouded sky conveys the ongoing conflicts to this day in the Middle East. Oil on canvas / 55.8 […]
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 […]
Bastion Concrete
Within a threat being safe and trying to defend a principal. Oil on Canvas / 88.9 x 76.2 cm / 1961
Jeanine and Joseph
To some extent an old style Self-portrait with pallet + brush, yet with a living room setting and a window facing the garden. A strange choice was to have my wife behind me in a picture on the wall, as if it was someone not anymore around. Indeed, like a premonition, a year later she […]
Scarborough Bluffs
Historical view. The foreground has since changed drastically. Oil on Canvas / 76.2 x 50.8 cm / 1988
Leo’s Airplane
This is my late brother Leo Roitner’s third airplane that he built from a kit in 2000 in Surrey, BC. He flew it with his friend Jerry, over Canada to Toronto in 2005. For a small craft it was a big undertaking. On their return they paid first a visit to an airshow in the US. Through early interest in […]
Eisenerz / Oswaldi
View of my hometown Eisenerz with Oswaldi church from the 12th Century. Pencil drawing on paper / 1950
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