Jürgen Tarrasch

Continuity, 35th Anniversary Exhibition III

With my eyes closed II, 2019-2020
Acrylic on canvas
60×32″

I often think about what I visualize in my mind and what I reflect back in the form of my artwork. For me, nature — universally present — is the archetype and the vehicle through which I interpret my ideas.

I am also interested in mirroring my thoughts related to meditation and to the discovery of designed objects.

I think about my observations of the simple elements of nature, for example branches, leaves, and vines. I have always been interested in redefining these elements using rough geometric shapes and lines as a way to transfer my thoughts to brushstrokes on canvas or paper.

To enhance the composition and reflect both the freshness and the withering of nature, I often use paints that I mix myself using dry pigments. It is the pattern of repetitive images, placed at different angles next to each other, and in different sizes and colors, that gives a sense of movement in my work.

Space One Eleven Involvement: CALL Artist 2013; Exhibiting Artist: Windows 2002, 2007, Abstraction: A New Look 2008, Sampler Part 1 2011, Barriers 2012, SOEdible: A Tasting Event 2012, Interchange 2014