Several categories of portrait painting from the beginning till the end of the 1990s
Portraits VI
portraits from c. 1990-92
Working with ink on rice paper. Elements of Chinese philosophy, especially calligraphy, are integrated.
Portraits V
portraits from c. 1988 – 90
Overpainted prints, partially overdrawing or distorting the original portrait.
Portraits IV
portraits from c. 1985 – 88
The works are mostly in A4 format and tend towards abstraction or expressionism.
Portraits III
portraits from c. 1984 – 86
Large format works, painted with Indian ink on rice paper and partly using my own techniques.
Portraits II
portraits from the early China years 1978 – 85
This creative period is still strongly influenced by Western concepts and techniques. The portraits show Chinese, but the techniques are still largely European.
Portraits I
early portraits in western style from the beginning to 1978
Oil painting, pastel, mixed media
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