"Portraits" ©  Hans Feyerabend, 2005  l  "Gladiator" ©  Hans Feyerabend 2005  l Cargo Ship" ©  Hans Feyerabend 2004

Hans Feyerabend - Painting (Currently resides: Miami, U.S.)   :::   WEBSITE :::   EMAIL

Ancient legends, medieval fairies, timeless beasts, and contemporary office clerks are some of the leading subjects in the works of painter Hans Feyerabend. Each painting captures the essence of a moment with kaleidoskopic facettes. The portrayals demand abandonment of "seeing as usual". They create their very own reality. A reality, in which formal relationships of colors and shapes are as important as the subjects. They combine in equilibrium to hold the paintings together and to give them their unique quality. The balance of conceptual forms and depicted subjects lends the paintings their inner tension, and giving rise to powerful compositions. The paintings start as an open process of overlaying abstract compositions. Through the techniques of addition and substraction, figurative scenes emerge. Through precise observance, creative instinct, and formal laws of visual composition, the work is further developed. The traces of the painting's origins are not hidden. Comparable to geological processes of layering and deterioration, the paintings evolve into their one-of-a-kind character.