CLAUDIA GRUTKE
Intuitive painter.
Recently, my work has become more introspective and contemplative and maybe even more abstract. My current investigation into gesture and layers is a reflection of atmosphere, connection, movement, migration and freedom.
The studio is a happy construction site.
Working on several pieces at a time, I feel like an explorer and love building layers by painting and drawing, scraping back and adding more. In the process I discover marks, new tools and new fragments of myself.
Painting feels like a passage through time and existence.
A minimalist mindset is represented in the use of a limited colour palette. In an attempt to find the delicate balance of what works and what doesn’t, layers may get smudged and obliterated or covered with drippy paint.
Eventually artworks evolve in simple compositions.
