Dreams and Dramas, ZUZEUM Art Center, Riga, Latvia
Angel
This painting of an angel hides many failed paintings. It is typical of the way I work: I go back to a painting again and again with a strong feeling of failure, and image after image disappears under new layers of paint. This process continues until an image that feels right reveals itself, as the angel chose to be revealed in this painting. It is as if the search for essence has to go through substance. You can see all these past trials in the flesh of the angel, almost like a three-dimentional object that emerges from the canvas. It creates an interesting contrast I think, because angels are supposed to be airy beings.
Angel
This painting of an angel hides many failed paintings. It is typical of the way I work: I go back to a painting again and again with a strong feeling of failure, and image after image disappears under new layers of paint. This process continues until an image that feels right reveals itself, as the angel chose to be revealed in this painting. It is as if the search for essence has to go through substance. You can see all these past trials in the flesh of the angel, almost like a three-dimentional object that emerges from the canvas. It creates an interesting contrast I think, because angels are supposed to be airy beings.
Dreams and Dramas, ZUZEUM Art Center, Riga, Latvia
"Nature is a central theme in Lechner's work. Yet unlike 18th and 19th century Romantic painters, who attempted to express their personal impressions of nature rather than to transform it, Lechner is intent upon controlling nature. He does not feel he is at nature's mercy; rather, he subverts and distorts it while glorifying both its beauty and its cruelty."
Angel
This painting of an angel hides many failed paintings. It is typical of the way I work: I go back to a painting again and again with a strong feeling of failure, and image after image disappears under new layers of paint. This process continues until an image that feels right reveals itself, as the angel chose to be revealed in this painting. It is as if the search for essence has to go through substance. You can see all these past trials in the flesh of the angel, almost like a three-dimentional object that emerges from the canvas. It creates an interesting contrast I think, because angels are supposed to be airy beings.