Eckhard Meier-Wölfle
Worlds of Life
The staging of the phenomenon of light is a recurring subject of my work. It is light which lends existence to colour and life. My technique of transparent painting enables the light to penetrate the colour, to shine through and evoke luminosity. The reflection of light from behind creates a particular space, a space of light and colour. Light has a positive emanation; it is the source and the rays of light, which in the German language also denote ”the rays of hope”, I want to make visible. In this respect, quiet and harmony are essential to me as soothing antipodes to today’s gaudy, hyper-stimulated world of media. In this context, colourfulness must not be an obstacle.
Vertical and horizontal lines both catch and steady the eye. Mostly, my work consists of abstract compositions, now and then there are references to the concrete. During the 80s, I was better known under the title ”window artist.” My collages on windows, window-panes and skylights dealt with political and social subjects, but already then, in my style, I availed myself of the effect of light. In this context, the use of the window as my original material reveals its deeper meaning. Consequently, photography also belongs to my favourite media.
Toward the end of the 80s, painting, objects and graphic arts gained bearing. From the concrete statement on social issues, the way now leads toward meditation and balance.
My work takes shape on canvas, primed painting plates, on paper, carton or marble flags. By way of constructing and deconstructing the composition develops: multifold layers and superimpositions are laid on and taken away until the final work of art emerges. Only the most refined, nonfading artists colours are employed.
I call my style both picturesque and constructive - a contradiction? No, since in pairing the free picturesque elements with the graphic construction, which strives for order, I gain a balance of powers.
I want my pictures to give something new each day.
Short Biography
Eckhard Meier-Wölfle, born 1957 in Braunschweig
School education in Hanover and Langenhagen, Lower Saxony, 1963-1975
Study of Cartography in Berlin, 1975-1980
Move to Nierstein near Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
Member of the ”BBK” (”Berufsverband Bildender Künstler”) since 1989, a federal association of artists of the fine arts
Member of the art-association ”Eisenturm”, Mainz since 2002
Resident of Nierstein since 1980
The staging of the phenomenon of light is a recurring subject of my work. It is light which lends existence to colour and life. My technique of transparent painting enables the light to penetrate the colour, to shine through and evoke luminosity. The reflection of light from behind creates a particular space, a space of light and colour. Light has a positive emanation; it is the source and the rays of light, which in the German language also denote ”the rays of hope”, I want to make visible. In this respect, quiet and harmony are essential to me as soothing antipodes to today’s gaudy, hyper-stimulated world of media. In this context, colourfulness must not be an obstacle.
Vertical and horizontal lines both catch and steady the eye. Mostly, my work consists of abstract compositions, now and then there are references to the concrete. During the 80s, I was better known under the title ”window artist.” My collages on windows, window-panes and skylights dealt with political and social subjects, but already then, in my style, I availed myself of the effect of light. In this context, the use of the window as my original material reveals its deeper meaning. Consequently, photography also belongs to my favourite media.
Toward the end of the 80s, painting, objects and graphic arts gained bearing. From the concrete statement on social issues, the way now leads toward meditation and balance.
My work takes shape on canvas, primed painting plates, on paper, carton or marble flags. By way of constructing and deconstructing the composition develops: multifold layers and superimpositions are laid on and taken away until the final work of art emerges. Only the most refined, nonfading artists colours are employed.
I call my style both picturesque and constructive - a contradiction? No, since in pairing the free picturesque elements with the graphic construction, which strives for order, I gain a balance of powers.
I want my pictures to give something new each day.
Short Biography
Eckhard Meier-Wölfle, born 1957 in Braunschweig
School education in Hanover and Langenhagen, Lower Saxony, 1963-1975
Study of Cartography in Berlin, 1975-1980
Move to Nierstein near Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate
Member of the ”BBK” (”Berufsverband Bildender Künstler”) since 1989, a federal association of artists of the fine arts
Member of the art-association ”Eisenturm”, Mainz since 2002
Resident of Nierstein since 1980