Yesterday was the first rainy day in the Bay Area for over a month, and I have to say…I loved it! These abstract works by German painter Philipp Haager seemed like the perfect pairing with grey, overcast weather—cool, calm, and beautiful. I love the ambiguous shadows and streaks; they seem deliberately obscured so that the viewer can access their own memories to inform the narrative and shape what they see in each piece. And the best part? They’re BIG! Many of these pieces measure over 74″ long. I would love to hang one on a big empty wall in my bedroom and pretend it was a window peering out onto an eternally stormy afternoon.
{via But Does it Float}
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
These are so unique, moody, and gorgeous… If you like, we’ve got several weeks’ worth of gray, rainy days I can send you from here in New York ;)
Ooh, very Turner-esque, which I love. And like Turner, you feel like they simultaneously obscure and reveal something beneath the layers of movement. I wish I could paint like this.
{ 2 trackbacks }