Eberhard Ross German, b. 1959
00419 White Writing, 2019
Oil on canvas
59 x 55 in.
149.9 x 139.7 cm.
149.9 x 139.7 cm.
Series: White Writing
Signed, titled, and dated verso
Provenance
Eberhard Ross StudioLiterature
Eberhard Ross, refugium (ed. Rukaj Gallery, Toronto: 2019), p. 24
Eberhard Ross (German, b. 1959) painstakingly covers his canvases with calligraphic networks of lines and patterns that develop organically and repetitively. For the artist this is something of a meditative...
Eberhard Ross (German, b. 1959) painstakingly covers his canvases with calligraphic networks of lines and patterns that develop organically and repetitively. For the artist this is something of a meditative process - the interior of the work is slowly revealed as the artist scrapes away the upper layer of paint with a sharp point.
“The original source of my work is nature, and its rhythms and patterns... Natural and musical sounds and daylight influenced my works more and more. I hear colours breathing and watch their sounds. A second important base of my works is Zen Buddhism, which I practice for many years. A further basic task which I try to realize with my works is expressed best in a quote by Agnes Martin, the wonderful Canadian painter. She once said: “when I think of art I think of beauty - beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye, it is in the mind. In our minds is awareness of perfection. All art work is about beauty"."
