Volker Mayr Art - thoughts and ideas about abstract painting
“In 1985 I fell in love with abstract painting after working for twenty odd years
painting figurative work. Much more than realistic art abstract demands a
spontaneous and emotional handling of colours, textures and forms.
For me emotions are the key іngrеdіеnt for abstract painting. My emotions in
my abstracts should also evoke a viewer’s emotions – not necessarily the same
emotions - on the contrary theirs may be new and different emotions depending
on the viewer’s personality and present situation. With my paintings I should like
to reach out to the soul of the viewer and make it vibrate.”
The art historian Gerhard Charles Rump said of Volker’s work:
“Mayrs paintings in their combination of painterly gestures and visible structures
of the colour mass are remarkable, the colours themselves, their tones.
They move in rarely explored areas, do not jump at the viewer, but require
sensitive approach and a willingness to see them with patience to see all traces
of nuances. Images as they are dynamic in origin and have a form of inventory,
that makes a meditative element.“
You can find more on Volker and his art on: www.volker-mayr.com
email: [email protected]