Heinz Sterzenbach Germany

Fantastic World under Water surface
Some series come into existence in the studio, whereby travel impressions are transformed: for example the “Fantastic-World below Watersurface”, which came into existence after several diving trips in the Caribbean Sea and the Red Sea. For this series Sterzenbach used the technique of Decalcomany with oil painting on Board. First he prepared the ground of the painting board, then he spread oil color thinned with turpentine on the painted board. A glass top pressed on this thinned color produced the ground where interesting structures appear which are assembled by the artist to fantasy figures. Little faces, fishes and other forms, which Sterzenbach inserts in the coarse structures, increase the dreamlike surrealistic appearance of the pictures. Sterzenbach´s works are made in series, many pictures are in process simultaneously. The floor of his studio is full of pictures in progress. He can work continuously without waiting for the process to dry. He slowly approaches the figures which he “sees” in every picture in a different way. With every stroke or color a figure emerge comprehensible to the imagination. Then the artist begins carefully to enforce, to tone down or to change the shapes forms, process consciously or subconsciously controlled independently coming into existence. (Heinz Sterzenbach)