Karin Engelbrecht paints people. Not bodies that act on the canvas, but human states. She takes a closer look. Feelings such as fear, tightness, tenderness, emptiness, joy and pain can be sensed on the surface. And the canvas is like a skin, inner processes push outwards and take on a form, as a picture or as an object. Using paint, brush, pencil, wire and hand to depict things for which there are no words.
Playing, reacting to what comes, using color to create surfaces that overlap, penetrate, make each other glow. This creates forms. Finally, drawings are placed on top. And then ... sometimes continue painting, incorporate a drawing ... Wounds remain visible. Haptics are important, because the fingers often know more than the mind. Karin Engelbrecht opens up new perspectives ...
Playing, reacting to what comes, using color to create surfaces that overlap, penetrate, make each other glow. This creates forms. Finally, drawings are placed on top. And then ... sometimes continue painting, incorporate a drawing ... Wounds remain visible. Haptics are important, because the fingers often know more than the mind. Karin Engelbrecht opens up new perspectives ...
