An Artist Talks September 16th 2010, Volker Witte

Volker Witte began to paint at the age of 32 encouraged by his girl friend, with whom he discovers his passion and  then started to study and experiment. Today he is 59 years old, and he still has the same fresh attitude towards his painting, and trusts his feelings to go through the process of creating fantastic imaginary landscapes.

He has travelled to Greece many a times, and recalls particularly the strong light and intensity of colours during those stays.

His work was naturally influence by these trips, and the pallette of colours  changed from coloured grey to vibrant yellows and oranges. He only uses his inner vision and lise places, do not exist, although you could almost give a  name these moutains and  magical sun sets. 

You cant still have the chance to see a collection of his earlier works, that are still available , in his studio on  the 4th floor of the Tacheles Art house. He explores, in these series characters, either female or male, and the composition and colours are very matured and balanced, and may remind you of masters like Picasso and Cézanne.

He has also a great collection of black and white drawings, which are more abstract and geometrical. He places them together on his wall and they look like some sort of pattern, or an unknow hieroglyph type of writing. He  produces many works, and is constantly working, he has become very successfull, since he has moved into the Tacheles art house, and talks with alot of greatfullness about this space.

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